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4 entries match Obstetrics & Reproductive [C13 / G02.403.615] · Ethics & Law [K01.750 / K01.690] · Women & Gender [K01.700.500]

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2014

#10542

Female circumcision and clitoridectomy in the United States: A history of a medical treatment.

RODRIGUEZ, Sarah B.

"From the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, American physicians treated women and girls for masturbation by removing the clitoris (clitoridectomy) or clitoral hood (female circumcision). Durin…

2017

#11038

Hippocrate, Tome XII, 4e partie, Femmes stériles, Maladies des jeunes filles, Superfétation, Excision du foetus. Texte établi, traduit et annoté par Florence Bourbon.

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370)
HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) BOURBON, Florence

Edition of the Greek text with facing French translation and commentary of four gynecological treatises from the Hippocratic Collection, from c. 470-350 BCE: De sterilibus = On sterility; De virginum morbis = On disea…

2017

#11053

Imperfect pregnancies: A history of birth defects and prenatal diagnosis.

LÖWY, Ilana (1948 – )

2018

#10622

Cesarean section: An American history of risk, technology, and consequence.

WOLF, Jacqueline H.

A study of the sharp increase in cesarean births (up to 25%) in the U.S. during the 2nd half of the 20th century, as a result of technologization of medicine and, consequently, obstreticians' weakened skills, the malp…