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Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Dec 19, 2017
In the nineteenth century, Elizabeth Blackwell was a women’s healthcare reformer and the first woman to receive her medical degree in the United…
Women in MedicineWomen in medicine--HistoryWomen physiciansWomen physicians--United StatesObstetrics
Keith Henry Stockman Campbell (1954-2012)
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Jun 27, 2014
Keith Henry Stockman Campbell studied embryo growth and cell differentiation during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the UK. In 1995,…
Campbell, Keith, 1954-2012Wilmut, IanCloningStem CellsFibroblasts
The Idea of Ectogenesis in Daedalus; or Science and The Future (1924), by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
By: Aubrey Pinteric
| Published: Aug 05, 2025
In 1924, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, aka JBS Haldane, published Daedalus; or Science and The Future, hereafter Daedalus, which was a written…
In vitro fertilizationFertilityEctogenesisReproductive technologyClassification--Books--Science fiction
Vasectomy for Male Sterilization
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Jun 03, 2024
A vasectomy is a surgery that works to inhibit reproduction by interrupting the passage of sperm through the vas deferens, a tube in the male…
VasectomyVasovasostomyVasectomy ReversalEugenicsSterilization, Reproductive
Nicolaas Hartsoeker (1656-1725)
By: Cera R. Lawrence
| Published: Sep 26, 2008
Nicolaas Hartsoeker, a Dutch astronomer, optics manufacturer, and naturalist, was born 26 March 1656 in Gouda, Netherlands, and died 10 December 1725…
PeopleHartsoeker, Nicolas, 1656-1725SpermatozoaBiographySperm
"Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism" (1991), by Delbert A. Fisher
By: Jennifer R. Craer
| Published: Dec 31, 2013
In his 1991 article Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism, Delbert A. Fisher in the US reported on the implementation and impact of mass neonatal…
LiteratureCongenital HypothyroidismNewborn infants--DevelopmentCretinismInfant Health Services
Carl Gottfried Hartman (1879-1968)
By: Giavonna A. Goodman
| Published: Nov 01, 2011
Carl Gottfried Hartman researched the reproductive physiology of opossums and rhesus monkeys. He was the first to extensively study the embryology…
PeopleReproductionBiographyOpossumsmonkeys
Medical Vibrators for Treatment of Female Hysteria
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Feb 29, 2020
During the late 1800s through the early 1900s, physicians administered pelvic massages involving clitoral stimulation by early electronic vibrators…
Vibrators (Massage)VibratorsHysteriaHysteria--Early works to 1900Orgasm
The Diversity of Animals: An Evolutionary Study (1962), by Edward Stuart Russell
By: Mark A. Ulett
| Published: Jun 27, 2010
In 1962 the journal Acta Biotheoretica published the final work of the biologist Edward Stuart Russell, a full eight years after his death. Entitled…
LiteratureRussell, E. S. (Edward Stuart), 1887-1954Biological EvolutionPublicationsEvolution