🤰 Obstetrics History

The fascinating, often harrowing evolution of childbirth practices, tracing how medicine, culture, and power have shaped the experience of bringing life into the world.

The Business of Baby

by Jennifer Margulis • 2013

The birth industry profits when you lose control: what to question and when to say no.

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🏥 Maternity Care 💰 Corporate Medicine 📊 Evidence-Based Birth 🌿 Natural Childbirth ✊ Birth Advocacy

The Business of Baby 91%

The birth industry profits when you lose control: what to question and when to say no.

by Jennifer Margulis 2013

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🏥 Maternity Care 💰 Corporate Medicine 📊 Evidence-Based Birth 🌿 Natural Childbirth ✊ Birth Advocacy

I'm Sorry for My Loss

by Rebecca Little and Colleen Long • 2024

No shared word for pregnancy loss, and the law can't tell a miscarriage from a crime.

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I'm Sorry for My Loss 91%

No shared word for pregnancy loss, and the law can't tell a miscarriage from a crime.

by Rebecca Little and Colleen Long 2024

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💔 Pregnancy Loss ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 📜 Pregnancy History 🫀 Body Politics 🕯️ Grief Rituals

All in Her Head

by Elizabeth Comen • 2024

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

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🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women's Health ⚕️ Medical Misogyny 🩻 Diagnostic Bias

All in Her Head 90%

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

by Elizabeth Comen 2024

4.29

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🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women's Health ⚕️ Medical Misogyny 🩻 Diagnostic Bias

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

by Ina May Gaskin • 2003

What if childbirth pain isn't what you think? A guide to trusting your body's design.

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🌿 Natural Childbirth 🧑‍🍼 Midwifery 🧘‍♀️ Mind-Body Birth 🔬 Evidence-Based Birth 🏠 Birth Environment

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth 90%

What if childbirth pain isn't what you think? A guide to trusting your body's design.

by Ina May Gaskin 2003

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🌿 Natural Childbirth 🧑‍🍼 Midwifery 🧘‍♀️ Mind-Body Birth 🔬 Evidence-Based Birth 🏠 Birth Environment

For Her Own Good

by Barbara Ehrenreich • 1976

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

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📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

For Her Own Good 90%

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976

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📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald

by Natasha Lester • 2016

She funds her medical degree by dancing on Broadway; the doctors won't let her in.

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👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🕰️ 1920s America 🚺 Defying Gender Norms ⛓️ Systemic Sexism 💪 Resilience And Ambition

A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald 90%

She funds her medical degree by dancing on Broadway; the doctors won't let her in.

by Natasha Lester 2016

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👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🕰️ 1920s America 🚺 Defying Gender Norms ⛓️ Systemic Sexism 💪 Resilience And Ambition

High Risk

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky • 2020

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

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🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🏥 Healthcare Disparities

High Risk 90%

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020

4.39

803 ratings

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🏥 Healthcare Disparities

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering

by Sarah J. Buckley • 2005

Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.

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🌿 Natural Childbirth 🤱 Attachment Parenting 📋 Informed Consent 🍼 Breastfeeding Advocacy 🏠 Home Birth

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering 90%

Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.

by Sarah J. Buckley 2005

3.98

1k+ ratings

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🤱 Attachment Parenting 📋 Informed Consent 🍼 Breastfeeding Advocacy 🏠 Home Birth

Childbirth without Fear

by Grantly Dick-Read • 1959

Birth pain is not biological. Fear tenses muscles against themselves; relaxation breaks the cycle.

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Childbirth without Fear 90%

Birth pain is not biological. Fear tenses muscles against themselves; relaxation breaks the cycle.

by Grantly Dick-Read 1959

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🏥 Natural Childbirth 🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Natural Birth Movement 👨‍👩‍👧 Expectant Parents

A History of the World Through Body Parts

by Kathryn Petras • 2022

Cleopatra's nose, the Habsburg jaw, Byron's foot: world history retold through the body.

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🩺 Medical History 🎭 Cultural History 🦴 History Of The Body 🧐 Historical Curiosities ♿ Disability In History

A History of the World Through Body Parts Summary

A History of the World Through Body Parts 89%

Cleopatra's nose, the Habsburg jaw, Byron's foot: world history retold through the body.

by Kathryn Petras 2022

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228 ratings

🩺 Medical History 🎭 Cultural History 🦴 History Of The Body 🧐 Historical Curiosities ♿ Disability In History

Women in White Coats

by Olivia Campbell • 2021

Seven women enrolled in medical school in 1869. The men rioted. They changed medicine anyway.

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👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🏫 Medical Education 🕰️ 19th Century Medicine 📜 Women's History 🚺 Pioneering Women

Women in White Coats 89%

Seven women enrolled in medical school in 1869. The men rioted. They changed medicine anyway.

by Olivia Campbell 2021

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👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🏫 Medical Education 🕰️ 19th Century Medicine 📜 Women's History 🚺 Pioneering Women

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn

by Penny Simkin • 1984

Your pregnancy, your decisions. Tools, evidence, and comfort techniques for a birth you can trust.

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📖 Pregnancy Guide 🤰 Childbirth Education 🍼 Newborn Care 📋 Informed Birth Choices 💉 Labor Pain Management

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Summary

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn 89%

Your pregnancy, your decisions. Tools, evidence, and comfort techniques for a birth you can trust.

by Penny Simkin 1984

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📖 Pregnancy Guide 🤰 Childbirth Education 🍼 Newborn Care 📋 Informed Birth Choices 💉 Labor Pain Management

Medical Apartheid

by Harriet A. Washington • 2007

Tuskegee was not an anomaly. A sweeping history of medicine exploiting Black Americans for research.

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🏥 Medical History 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Scientific Racism ⚖️ Bioethics 🌸 Reproductive Justice

Medical Apartheid 89%

Tuskegee was not an anomaly. A sweeping history of medicine exploiting Black Americans for research.

by Harriet A. Washington 2007

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🏥 Medical History 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Scientific Racism ⚖️ Bioethics 🌸 Reproductive Justice

Expecting Better

by Emily Oster • 2013

Pregnancy rules are based on fear, not data. An economist shows which you can safely ignore.

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Expecting Better 89%

Pregnancy rules are based on fear, not data. An economist shows which you can safely ignore.

by Emily Oster 2013

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🍼 Pregnancy Advice 🤰 Prenatal Care 📊 Data-Driven Pregnancy 💥 Myth-Busting 🤔 Informed Choices

Better

by Atul Gawande • 2007

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

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🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine 🤰 Childbirth Practices 📈 Improvement Science

Better 89%

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

by Atul Gawande 2007

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🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine 🤰 Childbirth Practices 📈 Improvement Science

The Butchering Art

by Lindsey Fitzharris • 2017

Surgery was a death sentence until Joseph Lister found the invisible killer: germs.

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🏥 Medical History 💉 Victorian Medicine 🦠 Germ Theory 🔬 Scientific Revolution 🧪 Medical Breakthroughs

The Butchering Art 89%

Surgery was a death sentence until Joseph Lister found the invisible killer: germs.

by Lindsey Fitzharris 2017

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🏥 Medical History 💉 Victorian Medicine 🦠 Germ Theory 🔬 Scientific Revolution 🧪 Medical Breakthroughs

The Birth Partner

by Penny Simkin • 1989

Labor's rhythm, the right questions, surviving the first weeks: a partner's guide to birth.

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🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🤝 Birth Support 🗣️ Birth Advocacy 💆 Pain Management 🛌 Postpartum Care

The Birth Partner 89%

Labor's rhythm, the right questions, surviving the first weeks: a partner's guide to birth.

by Penny Simkin 1989

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🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🤝 Birth Support 🗣️ Birth Advocacy 💆 Pain Management 🛌 Postpartum Care

C'est ma grossesse

by Anna Roy • 2022

Pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum years: a midwife gives you the facts, then you decide.

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119

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 👶 New Motherhood ✋ Informed Consent 🏥 Birth Preparation 🌙 Postpartum Recovery

C'est ma grossesse 89%

Pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum years: a midwife gives you the facts, then you decide.

by Anna Roy 2022

4.66

119 ratings

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 👶 New Motherhood ✋ Informed Consent 🏥 Birth Preparation 🌙 Postpartum Recovery

The Making of You

by Katharina Vestre • 2018

You had a tail, gill slits, and could taste your mother's meal months before birth.

4.12

882

🧬 Prenatal Development 🔬 Embryology 🤰 Pregnancy And Birth 👂 Prenatal Senses 🐟 Evo-Devo

The Making of You 89%

You had a tail, gill slits, and could taste your mother's meal months before birth.

by Katharina Vestre 2018

4.12

882 ratings

🧬 Prenatal Development 🔬 Embryology 🤰 Pregnancy And Birth 👂 Prenatal Senses 🐟 Evo-Devo

Dissolving Illusions

by Suzanne Humphries • 2013

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

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🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health 🚰 Sanitation And Health 🦠 Disease And Society

Dissolving Illusions 89%

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

by Suzanne Humphries 2013

4.62

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🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health 🚰 Sanitation And Health 🦠 Disease And Society

Notes on Nursing

by Florence Nightingale • 1858

A patient's room decides their fate more than their doctor. The 1859 manual that proved it.

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🏥 Nursing Fundamentals 📜 Modern Nursing Origins 🕰️ Victorian Medicine 👁️ Bedside Observation 🌿 Environmental Health

Notes on Nursing 89%

A patient's room decides their fate more than their doctor. The 1859 manual that proved it.

by Florence Nightingale 1858

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🏥 Nursing Fundamentals 📜 Modern Nursing Origins 🕰️ Victorian Medicine 👁️ Bedside Observation 🌿 Environmental Health

The Girls Who Went Away

by Ann Fessler • 2006

A million and a half women surrendered babies before Roe. What we believe about them is wrong.

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🏛️ American Adoption History 🎙️ Oral History ⚖️ Adoption Ethics ✊ Women's Bodily Autonomy 🤫 Silence And Shame

The Girls Who Went Away 88%

A million and a half women surrendered babies before Roe. What we believe about them is wrong.

by Ann Fessler 2006

4.24

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🏛️ American Adoption History 🎙️ Oral History ⚖️ Adoption Ethics ✊ Women's Bodily Autonomy 🤫 Silence And Shame

The Gynae Geek

by Anita Mitra • 2019

From anatomy to hormones: a gynecologist hands over the manual she wishes her patients had.

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556

🩺 Gynecological Health 📖 Body Literacy 🩸 Menstrual Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 💞 Sexual Wellness

The Gynae Geek 88%

From anatomy to hormones: a gynecologist hands over the manual she wishes her patients had.

by Anita Mitra 2019

4.45

556 ratings

🩺 Gynecological Health 📖 Body Literacy 🩸 Menstrual Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 💞 Sexual Wellness

Dr Cuterus

by Tanaya Narendra • 2022

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

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496

🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy 📚 Sex Education ✊ Feminist Health

Dr Cuterus 88%

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

by Tanaya Narendra 2022

4.47

496 ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy 📚 Sex Education ✊ Feminist Health

The Vagina Bible

by Jennifer Gunter • 2019

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

4.34

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👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

The Vagina Bible 88%

The wellness industry built an empire on vaginal shame. An OB/GYN dismantles it with science.

by Jennifer Gunter 2019

4.34

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👩 Womens Health 🔍 Medical Myth Busting 📖 Body Literacy 🏥 Gynecological Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine

The Birth of the Clinic

by Michel Foucault • 1963

Modern medicine owes less to observation than to a new way of looking at the dead.

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🏥 History Of Medicine 🔬 Medical Epistemology 🏛️ Biopolitics 👁️ Medical Gaze 🏦 Institutional Power

The Birth of the Clinic 88%

Modern medicine owes less to observation than to a new way of looking at the dead.

by Michel Foucault 1963

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🏥 History Of Medicine 🔬 Medical Epistemology 🏛️ Biopolitics 👁️ Medical Gaze 🏦 Institutional Power

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

by Lisa See • 2023

In Ming China, a healer's granddaughter enters a marriage that forbids her from practicing medicine.

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📜 Real Historical Figure 👩‍⚕️ Female Physician 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 👯 Female Solidarity 🔍 Family Secrets

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women 88%

In Ming China, a healer's granddaughter enters a marriage that forbids her from practicing medicine.

by Lisa See 2023

4.35

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📜 Real Historical Figure 👩‍⚕️ Female Physician 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 👯 Female Solidarity 🔍 Family Secrets

Little Miss Diagnosed

by Erin Nance • 2025

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

4.22

364

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🚫 Sexism In Healthcare

Little Miss Diagnosed 88%

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

by Erin Nance 2025

4.22

364 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🚫 Sexism In Healthcare

Slave Breeding

by Gregory D. Smithers • 2012

Historians called it myth. The enslaved knew forced reproduction was slavery's brutal core.

3.73

🏚️ American Slavery 👶 Coerced Reproduction 🧠 Collective Memory 📜 Historiography 💰 Racial Capitalism

Slave Breeding 88%

Historians called it myth. The enslaved knew forced reproduction was slavery's brutal core.

by Gregory D. Smithers 2012

3.73

51 ratings

🏚️ American Slavery 👶 Coerced Reproduction 🧠 Collective Memory 📜 Historiography 💰 Racial Capitalism

Mad, Bad, and Sad

by Lisa Appignanesi • 2007

Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.

3.70

957

🌀 Women And Madness 🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 📜 Feminist History 🏚️ Madhouses And Asylums 🎭 Hysteria Studies

Mad, Bad, and Sad 88%

Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.

by Lisa Appignanesi 2007

3.70

957 ratings

🌀 Women And Madness 🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 📜 Feminist History 🏚️ Madhouses And Asylums 🎭 Hysteria Studies

In Defense of Witches

by Mona Chollet • 2018

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

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🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women 🏥 Medical Misogyny ✊ Bodily Autonomy

In Defense of Witches 88%

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

by Mona Chollet 2018

4.04

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🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women 🏥 Medical Misogyny ✊ Bodily Autonomy

The Good Doctor

by Barron H. Lerner • 2014

One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.

3.86

189

⚕️ Medical Ethics 📜 History Of Medicine 👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism 🗣️ Patient Autonomy 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care

The Good Doctor 88%

One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.

by Barron H. Lerner 2014

3.86

189 ratings

⚕️ Medical Ethics 📜 History Of Medicine 👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism 🗣️ Patient Autonomy 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care

Breaking the Taboo

by Theo Clarke • 2025

An MP's third-degree tear exposed a Parliament that had no maternity leave for its own members.

4.25

🏥 Maternal Healthcare 💔 Birth Trauma 📜 Women's Health Policy 🛌 Postpartum Recovery 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Breaking the Taboo 88%

An MP's third-degree tear exposed a Parliament that had no maternity leave for its own members.

by Theo Clarke 2025

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16 ratings

🏥 Maternal Healthcare 💔 Birth Trauma 📜 Women's Health Policy 🛌 Postpartum Recovery 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Nine Pints

by Rose George • 2018

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

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🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Nine Pints 88%

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

by Rose George 2018

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🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Pregnancy Notes

by Rujuta Diwekar • 2017

Pregnancy is a milestone, not a sickness: an Indian nutritionist's trimester-by-trimester food plan.

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🍎 Pregnancy Nutrition 🥘 Traditional Nutrition 🌿 Seasonal Eating 🦠 Gut Health 🤸‍♀️ Prenatal Exercise

Pregnancy Notes 88%

Pregnancy is a milestone, not a sickness: an Indian nutritionist's trimester-by-trimester food plan.

by Rujuta Diwekar 2017

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Sex in the Heartland

by Bailey • 1999

The sexual revolution was made in Kansas, by ordinary people who never planned on a revolution.

3.74

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❤️‍🔥 Sexual Revolution 🌾 American Heartland 🎓 Campus Culture 📜 Social History ✊ Feminist History

Sex in the Heartland 88%

The sexual revolution was made in Kansas, by ordinary people who never planned on a revolution.

by Bailey 1999

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157 ratings

❤️‍🔥 Sexual Revolution 🌾 American Heartland 🎓 Campus Culture 📜 Social History ✊ Feminist History

Mom Genes

by Abigail Tucker • 2021

Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.

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🧬 Maternal Biology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Parenting Science 🧪 Hormones And Behavior 🌍 Cultural Anthropology

Mom Genes 88%

Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.

by Abigail Tucker 2021

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🧬 Maternal Biology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Parenting Science 🧪 Hormones And Behavior 🌍 Cultural Anthropology

It's Not Hysteria

by Karen Tang • 2024

Your symptoms are real: a gynecologist's plan to get the diagnosis and care you're owed.

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🩺 Reproductive Health 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🤥 Medical Gaslighting 😣 Chronic Pelvic Pain 🧪 Hormone Health

It's Not Hysteria 88%

Your symptoms are real: a gynecologist's plan to get the diagnosis and care you're owed.

by Karen Tang 2024

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🩺 Reproductive Health 🗣️ Self-Advocacy 🤥 Medical Gaslighting 😣 Chronic Pelvic Pain 🧪 Hormone Health

The Dirt on Clean

by Katherine Ashenburg • 2007

Roman luxury, medieval sin, modern obsession: the hidden forces that shaped our hygiene.

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🧼 History Of Hygiene 🔍 Microhistory 🦵 Body History 📜 Social History 🚽 Sanitation History

The Dirt on Clean 88%

Roman luxury, medieval sin, modern obsession: the hidden forces that shaped our hygiene.

by Katherine Ashenburg 2007

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🧼 History Of Hygiene 🔍 Microhistory 🦵 Body History 📜 Social History 🚽 Sanitation History

Gray's Anatomy

by Henry Gray • 1858

Before modern imaging, the book that taught the world human anatomy, structure by structure.

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🦴 Human Anatomy 📖 Anatomical Reference 📝 Descriptive Anatomy 🗺️ Regional Anatomy 🔬 Gross Anatomy

Gray's Anatomy 88%

Before modern imaging, the book that taught the world human anatomy, structure by structure.

by Henry Gray 1858

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A Little History of Science

by William Bynum • 2012

Science is a chain of curiosity and accident, from Babylonian stargazers to the decoding of DNA.

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A Little History of Science 88%

Science is a chain of curiosity and accident, from Babylonian stargazers to the decoding of DNA.

by William Bynum 2012

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The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

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📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography 🧬 Genetics 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

The Emperor of All Maladies 88%

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

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📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography 🧬 Genetics 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Birth Without Fear

by January Harshe • 2019

Your body knows more than any script: building a birth that is yours, whatever unfolds.

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🏠 Postpartum Care ✊ Birth Advocacy 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 💖 Body Positivity 🌿 Self-Care Practices

Birth Without Fear 88%

Your body knows more than any script: building a birth that is yours, whatever unfolds.

by January Harshe 2019

3.57

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Women's Work

by Elizabeth Wayland Barber • 1994

String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.

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🧶 Women's History 🧵 Textile Archaeology 🏹 Prehistoric Technology 🏛️ Feminist Archaeology ⚧ Gendered Labor

Women's Work 88%

String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.

by Elizabeth Wayland Barber 1994

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🧶 Women's History 🧵 Textile Archaeology 🏹 Prehistoric Technology 🏛️ Feminist Archaeology ⚧ Gendered Labor

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant

by Jean M. Twenge • 2012

Ditch the outdated rules. The evidence-based guide to getting pregnant on your own terms.

3.93

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🍼 Trying To Conceive 📅 Fertility Awareness 🥗 Preconception Health 📊 Evidence-Based Pregnancy 🩺 Reproductive Health

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant Summary

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant 88%

Ditch the outdated rules. The evidence-based guide to getting pregnant on your own terms.

by Jean M. Twenge 2012

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The Light Ages

by Seb Falk • 2020

Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.

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🔬 History Of Science 🏰 Medieval History ⚗️ Medieval Science ⚙️ Medieval Technology 📜 Monastic Scholarship

The Light Ages 88%

Eclipse math, precision clocks, a six-foot computer: the medieval laboratory inside the monastery.

by Seb Falk 2020

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🔬 History Of Science 🏰 Medieval History ⚗️ Medieval Science ⚙️ Medieval Technology 📜 Monastic Scholarship

Foreign Bodies

by Simon Schama • 2023

How smallpox, cholera, and plague shaped the modern world, and why we keep repeating the mistakes.

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580

🦠 Pandemic History 💉 Vaccine History 🏛️ Colonial Medicine 🐀 Zoonotic Diseases 🌱 Environmental History

Foreign Bodies 88%

How smallpox, cholera, and plague shaped the modern world, and why we keep repeating the mistakes.

by Simon Schama 2023

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