In 19th century Belgium, post-mortem caesarean section turned into a politicized debate.
In 1800, in the cause of health and public order, General Menou decrees the first French ban on the consumption of cannabis.
Ever since Freud, psychoanalysis has taken an interest in the psychic life of Children. First considered a minor practice, psychoanalysis with children reached its full dimension in the 1970s.
Almost entirely overlooked throughout the 20th century, neglected by contemporary medical manuals, the clitoris has gradually returned centre stage thanks to Western feminism.
In 1852 the criminalisation of abortion is reaffirmed after the Academy of Medicine arrived at a resolution regarding therapeutic abortion.
Devised to control the female body, the corset has had, between the 18th and the 20th century, many detractors.
More than a simple symbol, the caduceus, inherited from Antiquity, became the emblem of pharmacy as we know it today.