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    • Jim Secord discusses his GTR project
    • Leah Astbury discusses her GTR project
    • Martin Johnson discusses his GTR project
    • Peter Jones discusses his GTR project
    • John Forrester discusses his GTR project
    • Professor Sir Robert Edwards (1925–2013)
    • Frog pregnancy testing
    • Medieval medical reference book
    • The Sekenesse of Wymmen
    • Multimedia embryos
    • Sexual selections
    • A book of ominous births, 650 BC
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Features

  • Features overview
  • Jim Secord discusses his GTR project
  • Leah Astbury discusses her GTR project
  • Martin Johnson discusses his GTR project
  • Peter Jones discusses his GTR project
  • John Forrester discusses his GTR project
  • Professor Sir Robert Edwards (1925–2013)
  • Frog pregnancy testing
  • Medieval medical reference book
  • The Sekenesse of Wymmen
  • Multimedia embryos
  • Sexual selections
  • A book of ominous births, 650 BC

Frog pregnancy testing

July 2012

Jesse Olszynko-Gryn discusses the history of pregnancy testing. From the 1930s to the 1960s, pregnancy tests involved the use of live animals, including mice, rabbits and frogs. See also:

  • Jesse Olszynko-Gryn, 'When pregnancy tests were toads: The Xenopus test in the early NHS', Wellcome History 51 (2013), 2–3
  • Jesse Olszynko-Gryn, 'Fictional pregnancy before and after the test', MaMSIE blog (2012)

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