A brief history of pregnancy tests – from toads and rabbits to rosewater Helen King, The Open University Today, knowing if you are pregnant is usually straightforward – you pee on a stick and then wait for the lines to appear. Tests for women to use themselves at home were first marketed in the 1960s. They… Continue reading Pregnancy tests (from The Conversation UK)
Author: fluff35
I blog on a range of subjects arising from various aspects of my life. On https://theretiringacademic.wordpress.com, I focus on my reactions to early retirement and think about aspects of teaching and research which I hope will be stimulating to those still working in higher education. On https://shared-conversations.com, I blog as an authorized lay preacher in a pretty standard parish church of the Church of England, who needs to write in order to find out what she thinks. I took part in the Oxford/St Albans/Armed Forces C of E 'Shared Conversations' in March 2016, worked on the Living in Love and Faith resources from 2017 and was elected to General Synod in October 2021, and continue to try to reflect on some of the issues. On https://mistakinghistories.wordpress.com I share my thoughts on various aspects of the history of medicine and the body.
I have also written for The Conversation UK on https://theconversation.com/profiles/helen-king-94923/articles
The clitoris – a brief history (from The Conversation UK)
The clitoris – a brief history Christina Paliy/Shutterstock Helen King, The Open University “What’s the difference between a bar and clitoris? Most men have no trouble finding a bar.” In the world of humour, the clitoris remains a mystery: supposedly small, and so inevitably difficult to locate. “Which dinosaur will never be discovered? The Clitaurus.” It… Continue reading The clitoris – a brief history (from The Conversation UK)
The Church and the clitoris
(a talk originally written for the Church of England's Living in Love and Faith project; delivered to three different sub-groups of the College of Bishops in September 2018) Can I start by saying, the Living in Love and Faith History Working Group is a very interesting group to be on: we work well together and… Continue reading The Church and the clitoris
The moving clitoris
I've been thinking this week about the Ghana 'Family Values' draft Bill and its clause 23 which would "assist" (their word) parents in securing surgery for a child with variation in sex characteristics. Considering the amount of evidence out there on the danger of such surgery on children - the story of David Reimer is… Continue reading The moving clitoris
Not-so-Great Courses
One of the Google alerts I have to notify me of anything new in my various fields of interest is on the word "Hippocrates". On 5 March 2021 it came up with a link to a page called 'The Foundations of Modern Medicine', which appears to be a short summary of a section of a… Continue reading Not-so-Great Courses
Mistaking histories 