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Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson (1950-1977)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 22, 2016
Established in 1950, the Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson provided Arizona women with family planning resources until 1977, when it expanded to…
OrganizationSanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaInfertility
Clinica Para Madres (1934-1950)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 12, 2016
The Clinica Para Madres (Mother’s Clinic) opened in Tucson, Arizona, in December of 1934 as the first birth control clinic in Arizona. After moving…
OrganizationSanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ArizonaPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaContraception
James Marion Sims's Treatment of Vesico-Vaginal Fistula
By: Amanda Andrei
| Published: Apr 12, 2013
James Marion Sims developed a treatment for vesico-vaginal fistulas in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1840s. Vesico-vaginal fistulas were a relatively…
TechnologySpeculum (Medicine)Fistula, Vesico-vaginalSurgeryGynecology
James Marion Sims (1813-1883)
By: Amanda Andrei
| Published: Apr 08, 2013
James Marion Sims developed a surgical cure for ruptures of the wall separating the bladder from the vagina during labor, ruptures called vesico-…
PeopleSims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883Speculum (Medicine)Fistula, Vesico-vaginalSurgery