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Emblematic Monsters: Unnatural Conceptions and Deformed Births in Early Modern Europe (Clio Medica 77)
9042018623 pdf 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