Upon entering the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) and walking through its halls, the most prominent thing that […]
A Surgeon’s Case in the History of Intersex Medicine in Colombia
One day, while scrolling through social media, I came across the story of Santiago, a Colombian intersex man who underwent […]
Poison for Penitence: A Hydrogen Peroxide Experiment on Infants in Dublin’s Regina Coeli Hostel
On October 18, 1947, the medical officer of Regina Coeli Hostel wrote: “Of 14 infants to whose feeds Hydrogen Peroxide […]
Nurses not Nursing: Insensible Violence and Institutional Inertia
The nursing organizations that purport to represent the entire profession repeatedly and resolutely refuse to sharpen their political analysis, refuse […]
Medical Misogyny and Marketing Addiction: How the Nineteenth-Century Patent Medicine Industry Exploited Women
Today, nearly half of young American women report negative interactions with healthcare providers. Research suggests that these experiences contribute to […]
Marked: Birthmarks and Historical Myths of Maternal Responsibility
“You ate a lot of strawberries when you were pregnant with that baby, didn’t you?” When I was a child, […]
“Working for Our Lives:” How One Colorado Women’s Clinic Redefined Healthcare Amid Conservative Backlash.
In 2022 the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, putting safe and legal abortion on the chopping block around the […]
Trump, Tylenol, and 2000 Years of Bad Advice
On Monday, September 22, President Trump, flanked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stated that pregnant women should not […]
Risky Publishing in a Risk-Averse Profession
Academic nursing has long operated under a legacy of deference: to medicine, to institutional hierarchy, to structures that reward order […]
It’s Here! The Nursing Clio Reader Is Available Now!
Today, Nursing Clio publishes its first book, The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice, with Rutgers University […]
