Emblematic Monsters: Unnatural Conceptions and Deformed Births in Early Modern Europe.
Contents: Introduction; 1 Truth Under the Veil; 2 Resembling Sins: Monstrous Births as Moralising Emblems; 3 The Divine Works of God; 4 A Farrago of Medical Curiosities; 5 Finding Fault with Nature: Some Causes of Monstrous Births; 6 From the Womb to the Tomb; 7 Retrospective Diagnosis;...
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Contents: Introduction; 1 Truth Under the Veil; 2 Resembling Sins: Monstrous Births as Moralising Emblems; 3 The Divine Works of God; 4 A Farrago of Medical Curiosities; 5 Finding Fault with Nature: Some Causes of Monstrous Births; 6 From the Womb to the Tomb; 7 Retrospective Diagnosis; Conclusion; Appendix: Human Monstrous Births 1500-1700; Bibliography; Index
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9789042018624 (9042018623)
Publish date: January 22nd 2009
Publisher: Rodopi
Pages no: 344
Edition language: English
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