Fioravanti: Pioneering Surgeon-Alchemist of the Renaissance
Leonardo Fioravanti was called a Charlatan, a Poisoner, a Reformer, a Prophet, a Miracle-Worker, a Saviour, an Alchemist, and a Fraud.
A Grip on the History of Forceps in Medicine
Discover how the Chamberlen family's secret obstetrical forceps revolutionized childbirth and transformed midwifery into modern obstetrics.
Opening up the Mother: Caesarean Sections and the Romans
Was Julius Caesar born by caesarean section? Debunk the persistent myth and discover the real history of sectio in mortua—cutting the dead woman.
Female Genital Mutilation and ‘The West’: Past and Present
Explore FGM's hidden Western history—from medieval 'corrective' surgeries to Victorian clitoridectomies performed until the 1960s in America.
Fioravanti: Pioneering Surgeon-Alchemist of the Renaissance
Leonardo Fioravanti was called a Charlatan, a Poisoner, a Reformer, a Prophet, a Miracle-Worker, a Saviour, an Alchemist, and a Fraud.
A Grip on the History of Forceps in Medicine
Discover how the Chamberlen family's secret obstetrical forceps revolutionized childbirth and transformed midwifery into modern obstetrics.
Opening up the Mother: Caesarean Sections and the Romans
Was Julius Caesar born by caesarean section? Debunk the persistent myth and discover the real history of sectio in mortua—cutting the dead woman.
Female Genital Mutilation and ‘The West’: Past and Present
Explore FGM's hidden Western history—from medieval 'corrective' surgeries to Victorian clitoridectomies performed until the 1960s in America.