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The Ponseti Method to Treat Club Foot
By: Katherine Gandee
| Published: Aug 11, 2017
Ignacio Vives Ponseti developed a noninvasive method for treating congenital club foot in the US during the late 1940s. Congenital club foot is a…
ClubfootFoot--AbnormalitiesOrthopedicsCongenital Talipes EquinovarusClubfoot, Congenital
Emma Wolverton (1889–1978)
By: James Walter Dennert
| Published: Aug 25, 2020
Emma Wolverton, also known as Deborah Kallikak, lived her entire life in an institution in New Jersey after psychologist Henry Goddard classified her…
PeoplePsychiatric hospitalsPeople with mental disabilities--Institutional carePsychology--HistoryPsychology--History--20th century
Gattaca (1997)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: Feb 09, 2017
Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction film produced in the US that depicts a future society that uses reproductive technology and genetic engineering in…
LiteratureEugenicsGenetic EngineeringReproductive technologyBiotechnology
The Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
By: Christian H. Ross
| Published: Mar 30, 2017
The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine was created by Maurice Hilleman in 1971 at the Merck Institute of Therapeutic Research, a…
TechnologyMMR VaccineViral vaccinesCombined VaccinesRubella
Frank Rattray Lillie (1870-1947)
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jul 22, 2009
Frank R. Lillie was born in Toronto, Canada, on 27 June 1870. His mother was Emily Ann Rattray and his father was George Waddell Little, an…
PeopleLillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947BiographyLaboratoriesCell Lineage
Enovid: The First Hormonal Birth Control Pill (1957–1988)
By: Ilani Higgins
| Published: Aug 09, 2025
In 1960, the US-based pharmaceutical lab G.D. Searle and Company, or Searle, launched Enovid, one of the first oral birth control pills, following…
ContraceptionBirth ControlEugenicsClinical trialMedical Ethics
The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics (1924), by Paul Kammerer
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna
| Published: Mar 31, 2015
The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics is a book published in 1924, written by Paul Kammerer, who studied developmental biology in Vienna,…
LiteratureInheritance of acquired charactersEvolution (Biology)adaptationsLaboratory animals--Breeding--Experiments
Thesis: Vasectomy: Goals, Practices, and Effects
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Aug 26, 2024
Vasectomy is one of few widely available methods of contraception for people with male reproductive systems aside from condoms, abstinence, and…
ContraceptionBirth ControlVasectomyEugenicsVasovasostomy
"Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact" (1943), by Leo Kanner
By: Sean Cohmer
| Published: May 23, 2014
Leo Kanner published Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact in 1943 in the journal Nervous Child. This article described the cases of eleven…
LiteratureKanner, Leo, 1894-1981AutismAutism in childrenAutistic Disorder
The Malthusian League (1877–1927)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Apr 27, 2017
The Malthusian League, founded in London, England, in 1877 promoted the use of contraception to limit family size. Activists Charles Bradlaugh and…
OrganizationEugenicsContraceptionBirth ControlReproductive Rights