Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 / A Skeleton in the Closet and Fetuses in the Basement; 2 / Embryo Visions; 3 / Building a Collection; 4 / Inside the Embryo Production Factory; 5 / Traffic in "Embryo Babies"; 6 / Embryo Tales; 7 / From Dead Embryos to Icons of Life; 8 / The Demise of the Mount Holyoke Collection; Notes; References; Index
Summary
Icons of Life tells the engrossing and provocative story of an early twentieth-century undertaking, the Carnegie Institution of Washington's project to collect thousands of embryos for scientific study. Lynn M. Morgan blends social analysis, sleuthing, and humor to trace the history of specimen collecting. In the process, she illuminates how a hundred-year-old scientific endeavor continues to be felt in today's fraught arena of maternal and fetal politics. Until the embryo collecting project-which she follows from the Johns Hopkins anatomy department, through Baltimore foundling homes, and all
Analysis
20th century american history
20th century scientific history
baltimore foundling homes
biology
carnegie institute of washington
embryo babies
embryo collection
embryo production factory
embryology
fetal politics
gertrude stein
healthcare
icons of life
johns hopkins anatomy department
maternal politics
medial treatment
medical care
mount holyoke collection
ourselves unborn
pregnancy
pregnant women
science
scientific study
social artifacts
specimen collecting
united states of america
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-297) and index
Notes
English
Print version record
Subject
Washington (D.C.) -- Carnegie Collection of Embryology.
