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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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The Gynaeciorum libri, the 'Books on [the diseases of] women,' a compendium of ancient and contemporary texts on gynaecology, is the inspiration for this intens
Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology
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Authors: Helen King
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The Gynaeciorum libri, a compendium of ancient and contemporary texts on gynaecology, is the inspiration for this intensive exploration of the origins of a subf
The Science of Woman
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Authors: Ornella Moscucci
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This book argues that the definition of femininity as propounded by gynaecological science is a cultural product of a wider, more political context.
Malleable Anatomies
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Malleable Anatomies offers an account of the early stages of the practice of anatomical modelling in mid-eighteenth-century Italy. It investigates the 'mania' f
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By far the most influential work on the history of the body, across a wide range of academic disciplines, remains that of Thomas Laqueur. This book puts on tria