Science Museum | The world's fishiest pregnancy test @ScienceMuseum | Uploaded January 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Alex Lathbridge speaks to curator Sarah Bond and discovers how Japanese Bitterlings were used to test if a woman was pregnant. Surprisingly fish and then later a species of frogs were used until the 1970s as a form of pregnancy test.
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collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co116821/specimen-jar-containing-three-female-japanese-bitterlings-1930-1980-pregnancy-test-zoological-specimen
Stories From The Stores goes behind the scenes with our curators to uncover fascinating stories from some of the 7 million incredible items in the Science Museum Group Collection. Series two is presented by Alex Lathbridge.
#Pregnancy #Fishy
Stories From The Stores goes behind the scenes with our curators to uncover fascinating stories from some of the 7 million incredible items in the Science Museum Group Collection. Series two is presented by Alex Lathbridge.
Explore more of the incredible Science Museum Group Collection at collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Alex Lathbridge speaks to curator Sarah Bond and discovers how Japanese Bitterlings were used to test if a woman was pregnant. Surprisingly fish and then later a species of frogs were used until the 1970s as a form of pregnancy test.
Discover more on this story
collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co116821/specimen-jar-containing-three-female-japanese-bitterlings-1930-1980-pregnancy-test-zoological-specimen
Stories From The Stores goes behind the scenes with our curators to uncover fascinating stories from some of the 7 million incredible items in the Science Museum Group Collection. Series two is presented by Alex Lathbridge.
#Pregnancy #Fishy
Stories From The Stores goes behind the scenes with our curators to uncover fascinating stories from some of the 7 million incredible items in the Science Museum Group Collection. Series two is presented by Alex Lathbridge.
Explore more of the incredible Science Museum Group Collection at collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk
