From the Womb to the Page: Gynaecology and History in John of Lydia
This paper aims to contribute to the cultural history of late antique embryology and gynaecology, by focusing on the historian John Lydus (ca. AD 490 – ca. 565). In an overview of his numerous passages on gynaecology, we show that he had a coherent view on these sciences. We shall contextualise the...
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Universidade de Aveiro
2021-06-01
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| Online Access: | https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/agora/article/view/25030 |