Baptism Through Incision : The Postmortem Cesarean Operation in the Spanish Empire /

In 1786, Guatemalan priest Pedro José de Arrese published a work instructing readers on their duty to perform the cesarean operation on the bodies of recently deceased pregnant women in order to extract the fetus while it was still alive. Although the fetus's long-term survival was desired, th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Few, Martha (Autor, Contribuidor), Warren, Adam (Autor, Contribuidor), Tortorici, Zeb (Autor, Contribuidor)
Otros Autores: Scott, Nina (Contribuidor), Scott, Nina M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY / Latin America / Central America.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Translator's Note
  • Introduction: Postmortem Cesareans and Pedro José de Arrese's Guatemalan Treatise in Historical Context
  • Contributors
  • 1. Arrese's Text: Physical, Canonical, Moral Principles . . . on the Baptism of Miscarried Fetuses and the Cesarean Operation on Women Who Die Pregnant
  • 2. Additional Translations from Across the Spanish Empire
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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