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"Congenital Cataract following German Measles in the Mother" (1941), by Norman McAlister Gregg
By: Lindsey O'Connell
| Published: Dec 31, 2013
In Australia in the 1940s, Norman McAlister Gregg observed a connection between pregnant women who contracted the rubella virus, or German measles,…
LiteratureCataract in childrenRubellaRubella in pregnancyRubella virus
A Child Is Born (1965), by Lennart Nilsson
By: Mark Zhang
| Published: Sep 17, 2013
Dell Publishing in New York City, New York, published Lennart Nilsson's A Child Is Born in 1966. The book was a translation of the Swedish version…
LiteraturedevelopmentPregnancyfetal developmentFetal Growth
The Silent Scream (1984), by Bernard Nathanson, Crusade for Life, and American Portrait Films
By: Mark Zhang
| Published: May 02, 2013
The Silent Scream is an anti-abortion film released in 1984 by American Portrait Films, then based in Brunswick, Ohio. The film was created and…
LiteratureAbortionAbortion in literatureFetusEmbryos
In the Womb: Identical Twins (2009), by National Geographic
By: Maggie Pingolt
| Published: Mar 08, 2012
National Geographic's documentary In the Womb: Identical Twins focuses on the prenatal development of human identical twins. Director Lorne Townend…
LiteratureTwinsDocumentary filmsTestosteroneMethylation
In the Womb (2005), by Toby Mcdonald and National Geographic Channel
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 20, 2010
Written, produced, and directed by Toby Mcdonald, the 2005 National Geographic Channel film In the Womb uses the most recent technology to provide an…
LiteratureHuman DevelopmentReproductionMoviesFetus
Birth without Violence (1975), by Frederick Leboyer
By: Olivia Conley
| Published: Jun 30, 2010
In Birth without Violence (1975), French obstetrician Frederick Leboyer describes in poetic form the possible perceptions and feelings of embryos and…
LiteratureHuman DevelopmentPublicationsReproductionFetus
"Drama of Life Before Birth" (1965), by Life Magazine and Lennart Nilsson
By: Olivia Conley
| Published: Jun 30, 2010
Life Magazine's 1965 cover story "Drama of Life Before Birth" featured photographs of embryos and fetuses taken by Swedish photojournalist Lennart…
LiteratureFetusPublicationsReproductionHuman Development
De Formato Foetu (c. 1600), by Girolamo Fabrici
By: Hilary Gilson
| Published: Aug 27, 2008
The embryological treatise De formato foetu (The Formed Fetus) was written by anatomist and embryologist Girolamo Fabrici. There is no conclusive…
LiteratureFabricius, ab Aquapendente, approximately 1533-1619FetusPublicationsAnatomy
Leonardo da Vinci's Embryological Annotations
By: Hilary Gilson
| Published: Aug 19, 2008
Among his myriad scientific and artistic contributions, Leonardo da Vinci's work in embryology was groundbreaking. He observed and diagramed the…
LiteratureLeonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519Human DevelopmentPublicationsFetus
Leonardo da Vinci's Embryological Annotations
By: Hilary Gilson
| Published: Aug 19, 2008
Among his myriad scientific and artistic contributions, Leonardo da Vinci's work in embryology was groundbreaking. He observed and diagramed the…
LiteratureLeonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519Human DevelopmentPublicationsFetus