Secrets of Women: Gender, Generation, and the Origins of Human Dissection
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Women's bodies and the study of anatomy in Italy between the late thirteenth and the mid-sixteenth centuries. Toward the end of the Middle Ages, medical writers and philosophers began to devote increasing attention to what they called "women's secrets," by which they meant female sexuality and generation. At the same time, Italian physicians and surgeons began to open human bodies in order to study their functions and the illnesses...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1890951684
ISBN13:9781890951689
Release Date:April 2010
Publisher:Zone Books
Length:424 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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