Episode 38: The Weird History of Gynecology

Sep 7

Steinberg, W., & Muntner, S. (1965). Maimonides’ views on gynecology and obstetrics. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 91(3), 443–448.

Soranus, Gynecology
Thierry, M. 1997. Vaginal speculum: the developmental history of a gynecologic instrument. Verh K Acad Geneeskd Belg. 1997;59(1):13-8.
Monica Green. Women's Medical Practice and Health Care in Medieval Europe Signs, Vol. 14, No. 2, Working Together in the Middle Ages: Perspectives on Women's Communities (Winter, 1989), pp. 434-473

Sandelowski, M. (2000). ‘This Most Dangerous Instrument Propriety, Power, and the Vaginal Speculum. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 29(1), 73–82.
Jennifer Stroud Rossmann 2008. Built to Spec? The vaginal speculum as a case study of inadequate design. Ambidextrous. https://dspace.lafayette.edu/bitstream/handle/10385/589/Rossmann-Ambidextrous-vol10-2008.pdf?sequence=1
Jeffrey S. Sartin. 2004. J. Marion Sims, the Father of Gynecology: Hero or villain? Southern Medical Journal Vol. 97, Issue 5.

Rose Elveleth. 2014. Why No One Can Design a Better Speculum. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/11/why-no-one-can-design-a-better-speculum/382534/
Peter M. Dunn. 1999. The Chamberlen family (1560–1728) and obstetric forceps. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 81.
Sukhera Sheikh, Inithan Ganesaratnam, and Haider Jan. 2013. The Birth of Forceps. JRSM Short Rep. Jul; 4(7): 1–4.
Lauren Dundes. 1987. The Evolution of Maternal Birthing Position. Public Health Then and Now. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.77.5.636
J. Patrick O'Leary. 2004. J. Marion Sims: a defense of the Father of Gynecology. Southern Medical Journal. Vol. 97, Issue 5.
Selim Kadioglu, Oya Ogenler and Ilter Uzel, 2017. A Classical Wooden Vaginal Speculum Mentioned in Old Medical Manuscripts. Arch. Iran. Med. 20(3) 193-195.

Emma Southon

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