Stephany Riley Hoffelt

Since we are on the topic of reproductive health, I thought this was an appropriate time to bring this up, but first I must tell readers who are new to this site a story. I grew up on a small farmstead in Iowa near a very tiny town where my great-grandmother had sometimes helped otherContinue reading

I apologize for not getting back to this blog sooner, but my local activism takes precedence over blogging and my medic team has been busy supporting protests that are occurring here in our hometown. This will be my final post discussing the history of herbal abortion. We have already established that provoking the terms orContinue reading

Since early modern medicine was largely based on the humoral theories of Hippocrates as modified by Galen and Avicenna, I feel it’s important to look at what was really going on with medicine during antiquity. I get a little tired of reading bad takes on the practices and opinions of historical figures. There’s no excuseContinue reading