Childbirth and Puerperal Fever
Hundreds of years ago, when men calling themselves doctors decided to rob childbirth from the midwives and bring it into hospitals, the maternal mortality rate skyrocketed due to something called puerperal (or childbed) fever, a bacterial infection of the female reproductive tract following childbirth.
Maria Celeste
I have become enchanted by this woman because of her unique position, straddling the worlds of both science and religion, in 17th century Italy.
Eye and Amazonite
Did you know the original engraving of this eye was created in the 1600s? I feel like someone is staring at me from 400 years in the past.