Emblematic monsters : unnatural conceptions and deformed births in early modern Europe
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Emblematic monsters : unnatural conceptions and deformed births in early modern Europe
（The Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine）
Rodopi, 2005
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Includes bibliographical references and index
収録内容
- Truth under the veil
- Resembling sins: monstrous births as moralising emblems
- The divine works of God
- A farrago of medical curiosities
- Finding fault with nature: some causes of monstrous births
- From the womb to the tomb
- Retrospective diagnosis
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内容説明
In early modern Europe, monstrous births were significant events that were seen alive by many people, and dissected, embalmed and collected after death. Emblematic Monsters is a social history of monstrous births as seen through popular print, scholarly books and the proceedings of learned societies.
Representations of monsters are considered in the context of their roles as wonders and emblems, and studies of the anatomy of monsters are discussed along with contemporary theories of their origin. By approaching accounts of monstrous births not only as a literary form but also as descriptions of real-life cases, similarities between the pre-scientific recording of wonders and the scientific case report can be explored.
Most impressively, A.W. Bates draws upon his own experience of diagnosis of birth defects to summarise more than two hundred original descriptions of monstrous births and compare them with modern diagnostic categories.
Emblematic Monsters is an up-to-date approach to a classical yet under-explored subject: gruesome, compelling and monstrous.
目次
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
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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