Hidden from history: Archivists reveal the lives of famous, and not-so-famous, women
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Hidden from history: Archivists reveal the lives of famous, and not-so-famous, women
Saved by Alex Burns
“In the mid-1800s, gynecologists experimented with the surgical removal of the clitoris (known as a clitoridectomy) or the ovaries (an oophorectomy) to treat hysteria. Isaac Baker Brown was a well-known gynecologist in England and the president of the Medical Society of London. He recommended clitoridectomy as a treatment for insanity, epilepsy,
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