I mostri prima della scienza dei mostri. Nascite mostruose, superstizioni e procedure nei secoli che precedono la moderna teratologia.

The purpose of this study is to analyze some peculiar aspects on the conception of monsters and monstrous births in the centuries preceding the emergence of modern teratology. A “new” discipline, a branch of biology and, in particular, comparative embryology, whose scientific basis was laid b...

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Main Author: Lorenzo Montemagno Ciseri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2023-08-01
Series:Itinera
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/itinera/article/view/20832