Science and Medicine
Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing (17 April 1719 – 9 November 1745), born in Giessen, was a German professor of medicine and anatomy at the University of Giessen. The phrenicocolic ligament is called Hensing's ligament after him.
Female genital mutilation.
Eugenics in the United States.
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