Birth: personal stories to population policies – conference
18th-19th September 2014, University of Leeds This two-day conference, organised by the School of History’s Health, Medicine and Society research group, brings together those interested in the history of birth, fertility, sexuality, demography and family life, from the medieval period to the present day, and in cultures across the world. The conference aims to situate […]
The next De Partu History of Childbirth event, to include a members’ meeting and the presentation of papers, will be held at the historic Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester on 14th October 2014. More details of the programme, which includes lunch, a short guided tour of the school and a musical interlude, will follow […]
New book: Pregnancy and birth in early modern France
This new book may be of interest: Pregnancy and birth in early modern France: treatises by caring physicians and surgeons (1581-1625). François Rousset, Jean Liebault, Jacques Guillemeau, Jacques Duval, and Louis de Serres. Edited and translated by Valerie Worth-Stylianou (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013), ISBN Softcover 978-0-7727-2138-9; Electronic 978-0-7727-2139-6. (The electronic edition is available […]
De Partu site maintenance
The De Partu site is currently undergoing maintenance. You will notice the new background image (from Muscio, courtesy of the Wellcome Library) and new member login with the logo above. I am pleased to report that I have now identified a solution to the member login issue. The new login box (to be found at […]
Dr Louisa Owsley, midwife and homoeopath (Texas, late 19th century)
Dr Louisa Owsley – the first female homoeopath doctor of Denton County in Texas. She practised homoeopathic medicine and was a skilled midwife, delivering over 4,000 babies in her 34-year career. She was still working at age 75 when, one night in a bad storm, probably on her way to a delivery, her horse […]
Reading and talking about ‘The Woman’s Book’ in Renaissance England
Medical Humanities Sheffield is proud to launch a series of open interdisciplinary lectures, for students, staff and the public. WEDNESDAY 26 February – 6 p.m. Firth Hall Professor Jennifer Richards Reading and Talking about The Woman’s Book in Renaissance England “Most written knowledge about women’s bodies” in late medieval Europe, argues Monica H. Green, “is […]
The clinic of the birth: obstetric ultrasound, medical innovation and the clinico-anatomical project
Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge *** The Ninth Cambridge Wellcome Lecture in the History of Medicine *** Thursday 16 January 2014 at 4.30pm The clinic of the birth: obstetric ultrasound, medical innovation and the clinico-anatomical project Malcolm Nicolson (University of Glasgow) Ultrasonic images of the fetus are now ubiquitous. Like […]
Regards socio-historiques sur la santé comme problème public
I am pleased to announce the following symposium: Regards socio-historiques sur la santé comme problème public : don et transplantation d’organes, cancer, sida, dépendance au jeu et santé mentale [Historical and sociological perspectives on health as a public problem: organ donation, cancer, AIDS, gambling addiction and mental health]. This symposium will be held in French, […]