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A nasty history of the vaginal speculum

The vaginal speculum carries the weight of generations of preconceptions about morality, blame and attitudes to pain. Lalita Kaplish explores the history of the implement and how societies shaped its use.

  • Article

Crones

Menopause can be tough when nobody talks about it and all the stereotypes are negative, but it can also be transformative, marking the start of a new stage of life - cronehood.

  • Article

Are you still nursing?

Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.

  • Comic

A shared experience

Having a simple conversation with another person brings such pleasure.

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  • Example of Arabic text
  • Martyrdom of Saint Regina. Woodcut.
  • Wellcome museum, view of Leukaemia section etc...
  • Breve e sustantiale trattato intorno alle figure anathomiche delli più principali animali terestri, aquatili, et volatili / [Jean Germain].
  • X-ray of tilted pelvis of a dog.
  • Anatomical fugitive sheets
  • Schucha, Caucasus: a funeral procession of men holding swords. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • Four school children sitting in class with the words 'A','I','D','S' spelt out in the shape of a clock; an advertisement for World AIDS Day, 1st December 1993 by the UNESCO Programme of Education for the Prevention of AIDS. Colour lithograph D. Roger and A. Jonquieres.
  • A child holds a large bunch of holly and two others watch as a young woman stands on a chair to reach the picture she is decorating for Christmas. Colour process print.
  • Five doctors discussing their patient, Napoleon: one of the physicians is examining his rear end. Coloured etching, 1803.
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