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Record Number:
10214
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Dixon , Laurinda S.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Curse of Chastity: The Marginalization of Women in Medieval Art and Medicine [medical condition known as the wandering womb].
Source:
Matrons and Marginal Women in Medieval Society. Edited by Robert R. Edwards and Vickie Ziegler. Boydell Press, 1995. Pages 49 - 74.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Gynecology
Hysteria
Illumination of Manuscripts
Medical Manuscripts
Medicine
Uterus
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
General
Century:
13
Primary Evidence:
Manuscript; Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 399.
Illustrations:
Table:
Five figures. Four illustrations from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 399, fols. 33 and 34, representing women receiving medical treatments. One reproduction of Jan Steen's The Doctor's Visit.
Abstract:
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Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1995.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0851153801