A middle-aged, mustached man dressed in a luxuriously decorated jacket and with a thick golden chain across his chest looks […]
Miscarriage is a Crime Again
In 1650, a young, single English servant named Anne Greene miscarried into the privy and did not tell anyone. We […]
Lo de la colza: Mass poisoning, state neglect, and corruption after the Spanish Transition
Culinary rapeseed oil – or canola oil – is a staple in many parts of the world. It has a […]
“Unseen: Inequality in Medicine” at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Leiden
The medical field has long treated the 70 kg white male body as the norm — an assumption that continues […]
Is it Time to Abandon Motherhood? An Interview with Alex Bollen.
Alex Bollen, a UK-based postnatal practitioner, has recently published her first book, Motherdom: Breaking Free from Bad Science and Good […]
“They say that all women have the same apprehension”: Anxiety and Isolation in Seventeenth-Century Pregnancy
On August 19th, 1620, a young noblewoman sat alone in her château in Bayon, Lorraine. She was heavily pregnant with […]
Another Year, Another Body Part
This is a story of how, as a historian of medicine, my own aging has affected my sense of my […]
Interview with Nursing Clio Prize 2024 Honorable Mention Cara Delay
For Nursing Clio’s fifth annual best article prize competition, we awarded an honorable mention to Cara Delay, Professor in Women’s […]
‘The Moral Ideas of the Community’: Censorship and Irish-Catholic Nation Building
Though Ireland has never had an official state religion, Catholicism played a prominent role in shaping the nation during its […]
A Good Death: The Modern Hospice Movement
“She was at home, this is where she wanted to be. It wasn’t easy, but it was right.” He said […]
