History of Science Colloquium: Devon Golaszewski (Loyola Marymount, LA)
History of Science Colloquium: Devon Golaszewski (Loyola Marymount, LA)
April 4 Devon Golaszewski (Loyola Marymount, LA) “Medicalizing Childbirth in Post-Colonial Mali: Uterine Stimulant Drugs as Techno-Medical Tools and Social Cures" By the 1970s, uterine stimulant and oxytocic drugs such as Pitocin and Methylergometrine were widely used to manage childbirth in Mali. Rural maternity wards stocked these drugs to stop post-partum hemorrhage and to speed […]