Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage Gross Rachel E.

A camera obscura reflects the world back but dimmer and inverted. As a result, there exists a vast knowledge gap when it comes to what we know about half of the bodies on the planet.That is finally changing. Similarly, science has long viewed woman through a warped lens, one focused narrowly on her capacity for reproduction.

Welcome to Vagina Obscura, an odyssey into a woman's body from a fresh perspective, ushering in a whole new cast of characters.In Boston, a pair of biologists are growing artificial ovaries to counter the cascading health effects of menopause. Today, a new generation of researchers is turning its gaze to the organs traditionally bound up in baby-making--the uterus, ovaries, and vagina--and illuminating them as part of a dynamic, resilient, and ever-changing whole. In Melbourne, a urologist remaps the clitoris to fill in crucial gaps in