Not of Woman Born : Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture /
Examines texts and visual images of caesarean birth and traces its history in medical writing and practice ; addresses the work of religious, ethical and cultural questions surrounding abdominal delivery in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1990.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction
- 1. Caesarean Birth in Medical Thought
- 2. Caesarean Birth in the Artistic Imagination
- 3. The Marginalization of Women in Obstetrics
- 4. Saintly and Satanic Obstetricians
- Appendix Creative Etymology: "Caesarean Section" from Pliny to Rousset
- Annotated List of Illustrations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index