Facets

1989 CE

#7044

"A dirty, filthy book." The writings of Charles Knowlton and Annie Besant on reproductive physiology and birth control and an account of the Bradlaugh-Besant trial, by S. Chandrasekhar. With the definitive texts of Fruits of Philosophy by Charles Knowlton, The Law of Population by Annie Besant, Theosophy and the Law of Population by Annie Besant.

2020 CE

#13537

Abortion in America and the law in America: Roe v. Wade to the present.

2017 CE

#12467

Abortion law and policy around the world: In search of decriminalization.

Digital edition available from cdn1.sph.harvard.edu at this link.

2018 CE

#10622

Cesarean section: An American history of risk, technology, and consequence.

A study of the sharp increase in cesarean births (up to 25%) in the U.S. during the 2nd half of the 20th century, as a result of technologization of medicine and, consequently, obstreticians' weakened skills, the malp…

1844 CE

#13608

Considérations médico-légales sur l'avortement suivies de quelques réflexions sur la liberté de l'enseignement médical à propos d'un procès en cour d'assises, mémoire adressé a l'Académie Royale de Médecine de Paris.

Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

1600 CE

#6144.1

De natura partus octomestris adversus vulgatam opinionem libri decem ... In quo absolutissima de humani partus natura cognitio traditur; nimirum de conceptione, articulatione, maturitate, de partuum numero, pariendique terminis ac temporibus; utrum ante septimum mensem, ac post decimum, undecimique initium partus naturaliter edi possit. De septimestri, nonomestri, decimestri, undecimestrique partu, deque veris horum omnium causis plenissime Aristotele duce disputatur ... Item ejusdem auctoris compendiosa de eodem partu disceptatio ...

An encyclopedic work on ancient and contemporary medical, scientific and juridical opinion on premature birth and the period of gestation. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1897 CE

#12198

Entwickelungslehre, Geburtshülfe und Gynäkologie in der hippokratischen Schriften.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1856 CE

#13687

Étude médico-légale sur l’avortement, suivie d’observations et de recherches pour servir à l’histoire médico-légale des grossesses fausses et simulées.

Perhaps the most widely revised and reprinted of all of Tardieu's works. 4th revised & enlarged edition, 1881; 7th revised and enlarged edition, 1904; new revised edition, 1907, 1925, 1939. Digital facsimile of the 4t…

2014 CE

#10542

Female circumcision and clitoridectomy in the United States: A history of a medical treatment.

"From the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, American physicians treated women and girls for masturbation by removing the clitoris (clitoridectomy) or clitoral hood (female circumcision). Durin…

2008 CE

#10635

Hippocrate, tome XII, 1ère partie, Nature de la femme. Texte établi, traduit et annoté par Florence Boubon. (Collection des universités de France)

A gynecological treatise from the Hippocratic Collection. This one is supposed to come from the School of Cnidus or to use Cnidian material and is generally dated to mid 4th century BCE.

2017 CE

#11038

Hippocrate, Tome XII, 4e partie, Femmes stériles, Maladies des jeunes filles, Superfétation, Excision du foetus. Texte établi, traduit et annoté par Florence Bourbon.

Edition of the Greek text with facing French translation and commentary of four gynecological treatises from the Hippocratic Collection, from c. 470-350 BCE: De sterilibus = On sterility; De virginum morbis = On disea…

2017 CE

#11053

Imperfect pregnancies: A history of birth defects and prenatal diagnosis.

1901 CE

#9904

L'Avortement

1985 CE

#8123

Medical ethics in antiquity: Philosophical perspectives on abortion and euthanasia.

1764 CE

#1731

Mémoire contre la légitimité des naissances prétendues tardives.

An attempt to set the minimum and maximum time limits of duration of human pregnancy. Supplement published in 1764.

1550 CE

#6142

Ordnung eines erbarn Raths der Statt Regenspurg, die Hebammen betreffende.

The earliest public document in the vernacular containing legislation governing midwives. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1573 CE

#6143

Reformation oder Ordnung für die Hebammen.

Legislation governing the practice of midwifery was introduced in the city of Frankfurt in 1573, Digital facsimile from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at this link.

1872 CE

#13171

The detection of criminal abortion, and a study of foeticidal drugs.

Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.

2005 CE

#12556

The embryo: Scientific discovery and medical ethics. Edited by Shraga Blazer and Etan Z. Zimmer.

Addresses 1: The beginning of life, 2: Embryonic stem cells, 3: Societal, ethical and religious views on genetic intervention in humans, 4: Genetics-From in vitro to in vivo, 5: Fetal surgical and pharmacological inte…

1998 CE

#8646

When abortion was a crime: Women, medicine, and law in the United States, 1867-1973.