Citizenship, Vulnerability and Mental Incapacity in England, 1900-1960s [0.03%]
20世纪前半期英国的公民身份、脆弱性与精神无行为能力状态
Janet Weston
Janet Weston
Over the twentieth century, the Lunacy Office (renamed the Court of Protection in 1947) was responsible for appointing 'receivers' to manage the property of adults in England who were found incapable of managing their own affairs. Tens of t...
The Psychopharmacological Revolution in the USSR: Schizophrenia Treatment and the Thaw in Soviet Psychiatry, 1954-64 [0.03%]
苏联的抗精神病药物革命：苏联解冻时期的 schizophrenia 治疗（1954—1964）
Benjamin Zajicek
Benjamin Zajicek
Twentieth-century psychiatry was transformed in the 1950s and 1960s by the introduction of powerful psychopharmaceuticals, particularly Chlorpromazine (Thorazine). This paper examines the reception of Chlorpromazine in the Soviet Union and ...
Prenatal Diagnosis in France: Between Regulation of Practices and Professional Autonomy [0.03%]
法国的产前诊断：实践监管与专业自主之间的平衡问题
Isabelle Ville
Isabelle Ville
Prenatal diagnosis (PND) was introduced in France in the 1970s on the initiative of medical researchers and clinicians. For many years the regulation of practices was self-imposed, decentralised and idiosyncratic. The advent of 'therapeutic...
Katharine Dow
Katharine Dow
The birth of Louise Brown, the world's first 'test-tube baby', has come to signify the moment at which technologically assisted human reproduction became a re ality. This was a highly mediated and visible reality, as this article explores t...
The Right to Know? The Politics of Information about Contraception in France (1950s-80s) [0.03%]
知情权？法国避孕信息政治（1950年代-80年代）
Bibia Pavard
Bibia Pavard
In 1920 in France, a law was passed prohibiting abortion, the sale of contraceptives and 'anti-conception propaganda'. While contraception was legalised in 1967 and abortion in 1975, 'anti-natalist propaganda' remained forbidden. This artic...
English Women Doctors, Contraception and Family Planning in Transnational Perspective (1930s-70s) [0.03%]
跨国视角下的英国女医生、避孕和计划生育（20世纪30至70年代）
Caroline Rusterholz
Caroline Rusterholz
This paper explores the influence of English female doctors on the creation of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the production and circulation of contraceptive knowledge in England and, to a lesser extent in France...
Who Was Afraid of Pregnancy Tests? Gestational Information and Reproduction Policies in France (1920-50) [0.03%]
法国的妊娠检测焦虑(1920-1950):妊娠信息与生育政策的关系探究
Fabrice Cahen
Fabrice Cahen
Though resulting from a long-term process, the need to manage pregnancies both medically and bureaucratically became a state concern, especially from the 1920s onwards. A woman's official obligation to notify the state of her pregnancy (and...
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn,Caroline Rusterholz
Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
This special issue adopts a comparative approach to the politics of reproduction in twentieth-century France and Britain. The articles investigate the flow of information, practices and tools across national boundaries and between groups of...
Public Health, Social Medicine and Disease Control: Medical Services, Maternal Care and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Former Portuguese West Africa (1920-63) - ADDENDUM [0.03%]
公共卫生、社会医学与疾病控制：前葡萄牙西非的医疗服务、妇幼保健和性病（1920—1963）——补编
Philip J Havik
Philip J Havik
Published Erratum
Medical history. 2019 Jan;63(1):116. DOI:10.1017/mdh.2018.80 2019