Thinking about medicine and the body in history
(updated April 2025) You shouldn't do that, right? But we do, otherwise we wouldn't need to be warned not to... If you are writing a book, you will at some time have to make a decision about the cover. Having only previously published academic books, my foray into the world of trade books has given… Continue reading Judging a book by its cover
Artemis is a new body suit for period pain – here’s why it’s named after a Greek goddess Helen King, The Open University A new body suit to control period pain is in the pipeline – and it’s called Artemis. Named after the Greek goddess of chastity, hunting, childbirth and the moon, it works by combining… Continue reading Period pain and Artemis (from The Conversation UK)
(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
concerns about cold, clanking equipment used in gynaecological procedures go back a long way in history
Did Hippocrates develop a remedy against baldness because he was worried about his own hair loss? As readers of my previous posts here will know, normally when Hippocrates gets dragged into a modern medical discussion it’s to validate whatever the writer is trying to sell; for example, watercress. But in the discussions of baldness, the… Continue reading Hairs of Hippocrates?
Mistaking histories 