Not of Woman Born : Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture /
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski.
- 1 online resource (222 pages): illustrations ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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
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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.
9781501740497
Europa
Geschichte (500-1600) Renaissance Medical illustration--History Cesarean section--History--Europe Cesarean section in art Verloskundigen. Sectio caesarea. Kunst Kulturanthropologie Kultur Kaiserschnitt Geburt Renaissance. Medical illustration. Cesarean section. Cesarean section in art. Civilization, Medieval. Renaissance. Renaissance. Civilisation medievale. Illustration medicale--Histoire. Cesarienne--Histoire.--Europe Medicine in the Arts Cesarean Section--psychology Cesarean Section--history Civilization, Medieval. Renaissance. Medical illustration--History. Cesarean section in art. Cesarean section--History.--Europe