Baptism through incision : the postmortem cesarean operation in the Spanish Empire /
"Explores the history of the postmortem cesarean operation, which was performed in order to extract the fetus and save its soul through baptism. Examines accounts of the operation from across the Spanish empire in the eighteenth century"--
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Latin American originals ;
15. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Explores the history of the postmortem cesarean operation, which was performed in order to extract the fetus and save its soul through baptism. Examines accounts of the operation from across the Spanish empire in the eighteenth century"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 135 pages) : illustrations (facsimiles. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780271086743 0271086742 |