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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
Edwin Grant Conklin (1863-1952)
By: D. Brian Scheurmann
| Published: Jan 22, 2009
Edwin Grant Conklin was born in Waldo, Ohio, on 24 November 1863 to parents Nancy Maria Hull and Dr. Abram V. Conklin. Conklin's family was very…
PeopleCell LineageBiography
Lysogenic Bacteria as an Experimental Model at the Pasteur Institute (1915-1965)
By: Valerie Racine
| Published: Oct 10, 2014
Lysogenic bacteria, or virus-infected bacteria, were the primary experimental models used by scientists working in the laboratories of the Pasteur…
ContextInstitut Pasteur (Paris, France)BacteriaEscherichia coliMonod, Jacques
Franz Josef Kallmann (1897–1965)
By: Jessica Resnick
| Published: Apr 06, 2017
Franz Josef Kallmann studied the biological and genetic factors of psychological disorders in Germany and the United States in the twentieth century…
SchizophreniapsychologyGenetic psychologyHuman GeneticsHomosexuality
Golgi Staining Technique
By: Sarah Taddeo, Erica O'Neil
| Published: Mar 06, 2017
The Golgi staining technique, also called the black reaction after the stain's color, was developed in the 1870s and 1880s in Italy to make brain…
TechnologyGolgi, Camillo, 1843-1926Stains and staining (Microscopy)NeuronsMicroscope slides
The Discovery of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
By: Erica O'Neil
| Published: May 09, 2011
The term Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) was first published in 1973 in an article published in the British medical journal The Lancet. In that article…
fetal alcohol syndromeReproductionHuman Development
Ponseti's Treatment for Congenital Clubfoot (1963)
By: Katherine Gandee
| Published: Dec 27, 2017
In 1963, Ignacio Ponseti and Eugene Smoley experimentally determined an effective and minimally invasive method of treating congenital clubfoot.…
ClubfootFoot--AbnormalitiesOrthopedicsCongenital Talipes EquinovarusClubfoot, Congenital
2D Obstetric Ultrasound
By: Sean Cohmer
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
The development of the obstetric ultrasound has allowed physicians and embryologists to obtain a clear picture of the developing human embryo and…
TechnologyUltrasonographyReproductionmedicineHuman Development
Casti Connubii (1930), by Pope Pius XI
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Jan 20, 2009
"Casti Connubii," a papal encyclical given by Pope Pius XI on 31 December 1930, served primarily as a reaffirmation and expansion of the issues…
LiteraturereligionCatholicismPopesContraception
Pope Pius XI (1857-1939)
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Pope Pius XI, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was born to the wealthy owner of a silk factory on 31 May 1857 in Desio, Italy. He was ordained to…
PeoplereligionReproductionCatholicismPopes