History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Chloroform, Henry Morgentaler, Heart Rate Monitor

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

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Greenberg reading is important for the exam. Sex differences: nature v. nurture, nurture speaks to the sociological aspect, nature speaks to the physical nature of the body. Consider the surgeries on female patients in london (link and london. Insane: hysteria = conversion disorder something that men can get too see the case of leroy high school and the house md episode. Airborne (from season 3) classic example of using the body for a way of thinking. Gynecology: gynecology: a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and routine physical care of the reproductive system of women (medlineplus. From de ketham"s fasciculus (1491: to william hunter"s anatomy of the gravid uterus (1774, ovariotomy: removal of the ovaries (1809, hysterectomy: removal of the uterus and cervix (vaginally in 1900; abdominally in 1978) Pap smear test for cancerous or pre-cancerous cells in the uterine cervix: developed in 1943 by george papanicolaou in the us.