RT @JLLaynesmith: Fascinating article about medieval childbirth here
RT @Helen_Gittos: Chemical analysis of a parchment birthing girdle / scroll of c.1500 shows evidence of use: honey, milk, eggs, beans, vagi…
RT @UCamArchaeology: PUBLISHED: "Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval English parchment birthing girdle from biomole…
Fascinating article about medieval childbirth here
RT @RSocPublishing: New #RSOS article describing palaeoproteomic evidence obtained from a stained medieval birth girdle is covered in today…
Really exciting stuff!
RT @RSocPublishing: New #RSOS article describing palaeoproteomic evidence obtained from a stained medieval birth girdle is covered in today…
RT @SophieKelly59: ‘In addition, a large number of human peptides were detected on the birth roll, many of which are found in cervico-vagin…
RT @BeattieDr: The Guardian article is getting a lot of circulation this morning. But here’s the article which sparked it: Girding the loin…
RT @Helen_Gittos: Chemical analysis of a parchment birthing girdle / scroll of c.1500 shows evidence of use: honey, milk, eggs, beans, vagi…
RT @DrDavidRundle: Thanks for flagging this up, @Helen_Gittos: fascinating evidence (did she have honey for breakfast?). An investigation w…
RT @AnotherAspirin: There's a thing on the Guardian about "medieval women" but I'm sure you would all much rather read the original piece…
RT @UCamArchaeology: PUBLISHED: "Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval English parchment birthing girdle from biomole…
‘In addition, a large number of human peptides were detected on the birth roll, many of which are found in cervico-vaginal fluid. This suggests that the birth roll was actively used during childbirth.’ Really exciting research on the use of medieval birth
RT @Helen_Gittos: Chemical analysis of a parchment birthing girdle / scroll of c.1500 shows evidence of use: honey, milk, eggs, beans, vagi…
RT @Helen_Gittos: Chemical analysis of a parchment birthing girdle / scroll of c.1500 shows evidence of use: honey, milk, eggs, beans, vagi…
There's a thing on the Guardian about "medieval women" but I'm sure you would all much rather read the original piece (which has some interesting stuff in it!) #MedievalTwitter https://t.co/MvNasCFdXX https://t.co/yE7PhwNsEz
most dangerous moments known to medieval medicine: childbirth. To help her survive, she wrapped a 3-meter-long belt of parchment around her heaving belly, hoping the prayers and religious symbols that covered it would deliver her—and her baby—safely
RT @UCamArchaeology: PUBLISHED: "Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval English parchment birthing girdle from biomole…
RT @RSocPublishing: New #RSOS article describing palaeoproteomic evidence obtained from a stained medieval birth girdle is covered in today…
New #RSOS article describing palaeoproteomic evidence obtained from a stained medieval birth girdle is covered in today's Guardian: https://t.co/FxOQoiPZyv
RT @UCamArchaeology: PUBLISHED: "Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval English parchment birthing girdle from biomole…
RT @Helen_Gittos: Chemical analysis of a parchment birthing girdle / scroll of c.1500 shows evidence of use: honey, milk, eggs, beans, vagi…
RT @BeattieDr: The Guardian article is getting a lot of circulation this morning. But here’s the article which sparked it: Girding the loin…
RT @UCamArchaeology: PUBLISHED: "Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval English parchment birthing girdle from biomole…
PUBLISHED: "Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval English parchment birthing girdle from biomolecular analysis" @DrSFiddyment, N Goodison @durham_uni, E Brenner, S Signorello, K Price @ExploreWellcome & @mc80york #openaccess in RS
#Day10 of #WomensHistoryMonth. If childbirth was as dangerous as it seemed (https://t.co/cjcPizdlrp), why wouldn't ♀ want birth control? This seemed obvious from a modern feminist perspective. But was it? Here's a conundrum: https://t.co/fKOdzKJRnF. #histm
RT @BeattieDr: The Guardian article is getting a lot of circulation this morning. But here’s the article which sparked it: Girding the loin…
RT @DrSFiddyment: Correct link here https://t.co/XK6TSkWzzD
Correct link here https://t.co/XK6TSkWzzD
@HarrietVered @WellcomeLibrary @RSocPublishing Apologies, working link here. https://t.co/XK6TSkWzzD
@Sunny_Harrison1 @hagenilda I think that "deeper understanding" of these objects and "further support" that medical treatises at the time reflect actual practice is a noble goal regardless of whether or not the humanities have signed off on this research b
Here's the study: https://t.co/cjcPizdlrp (#OpenAccess). Here's the catalog entry for the girdle: https://t.co/KCBut7LB4z. And here's a detailed blogpost describing the girdle: https://t.co/rVmvyll7g6.
RT @Helen_Gittos: Chemical analysis of a parchment birthing girdle / scroll of c.1500 shows evidence of use: honey, milk, eggs, beans, vagi…
RT @BeattieDr: The Guardian article is getting a lot of circulation this morning. But here’s the article which sparked it: Girding the loin…
RT @Helen_Gittos: Chemical analysis of a parchment birthing girdle / scroll of c.1500 shows evidence of use: honey, milk, eggs, beans, vagi…
RT @Helen_Gittos: Chemical analysis of a parchment birthing girdle / scroll of c.1500 shows evidence of use: honey, milk, eggs, beans, vagi…
RT @BeattieDr: The Guardian article is getting a lot of circulation this morning. But here’s the article which sparked it: Girding the loin…
RT @Helen_Gittos: Chemical analysis of a parchment birthing girdle / scroll of c.1500 shows evidence of use: honey, milk, eggs, beans, vagi…
RT @BeattieDr: The Guardian article is getting a lot of circulation this morning. But here’s the article which sparked it: Girding the loin…
RT @DrDavidRundle: Thanks for flagging this up, @Helen_Gittos: fascinating evidence (did she have honey for breakfast?). An investigation w…
Thanks for flagging this up, @Helen_Gittos: fascinating evidence (did she have honey for breakfast?). An investigation worthy to go alongside those of @katerudy1. I know many @mems_ukc will be fascinated.
RT @BeattieDr: The Guardian article is getting a lot of circulation this morning. But here’s the article which sparked it: Girding the loin…
RT @BeattieDr: The Guardian article is getting a lot of circulation this morning. But here’s the article which sparked it: Girding the loin…
The Guardian article is getting a lot of circulation this morning. But here’s the article which sparked it: Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval English parchment birthing girdle from biomolecular analysis https://t.co/jNY10QUzHq
Chemical analysis of a parchment birthing girdle / scroll of c.1500 shows evidence of use: honey, milk, eggs, beans, vaginal fluid. https://t.co/HM3dF9YCwz & thanks @guardian for news story. https://t.co/gIWpovliUL