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Hippocratic oath forbids abortion |
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c. -400 |
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Soranus of Ephesus writes on gynaecology |
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Romans invent ingenious baby's bottle |
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c. 200 |
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Birth of the Biddenden Maids |
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1100 |
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Contraception condemned by church physicians |
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c. 1200 |
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Midwives employed by town councils |
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c. 1400 |
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Rösslin publishes first textbook for midwives |
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1513 |
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Gabriele Fallopia invents the condom |
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1564 |
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Chamberlen invents obstetrical forceps |
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c. 1580 |
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First documented Caesarian section in which mother survives |
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1610 |
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Mary Toft gives birth to rabbits |
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1726 |
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Men-midwives challenge women's right to deliver babies |
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c. 1740 |
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First lying-in hospitals founded |
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William Hunter publishes Anatomy of the gravid uterus |
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1774 |
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Charles Dickens stereotypes the drunken midwife |
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1843 |
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First anaesthetic in childbirth |
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1847 |
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Semmelweis washes hands to save life |
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1861 |
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| The dissecting room
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Marie Stopes opens birth-control clinic |
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1921 |
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Grantly Dick Read advocates natural childbirth |
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1933 |
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Robert James Minnit invents gas and air apparatus |
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1933 |
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Prontosil reduces maternal mortality rate |
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1936 |
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In vitro fertilization |
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1969 |
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First test-tube baby |
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1978 |
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Dolly cloned |
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1996 |
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