History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Roberta Bondar, Virginia Apgar, Anne Hutchinson

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Lawrence Burns

Document Summary

Rosalind franklin (1920-58: developed x-ray di raction techniques, her x-ray photographs of dna were the basis of watson and crick"s discovery of the double-helix structure of dna. Virginia apgar (1909-74: obstetrical anesthesiologist, created screening test for infant health: Appearance (skin colour), pulse (heart rate), grimace (re ex irritability), activity (muscle tone), and respiration. Roberta bondar (1945-: neurologist and astronaut, conducted space experiment. In medical schools: 1957/8, 8. 5% of rst year meds were female, in 2011/12, 54% female. Caring professions are still disproportionately female: only 5% of nurses in canada are male. Agnodice: disguised as a man in the 4th c bce, symbol of midwifery. Trotula di ruggeiro (dame trot: a physician and midwife who taught at salerno in the 11th and 12th centuries. Health body helps to ght about temptation to sin (ex. focus on hygiene) Disease still regarded as punishment for sin. Published the midwives book 1671: anne hutchinson (us) Accused of witchcraft and sedition and banished.