Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 30073
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Kueny , Kathryn
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  • Title: The Cure of Perfection: Women's Obstetrics in Early and Medieval Islam
  • Source: Perspectives on Medieval Art: Learning through Looking.  Edited by Ena Giurescu Heller and Patricia C. Pongracz.  Museum of Biblical Art, 2010.  Pages 187 - 197.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Childbirth Disabled Human Reproduction Islam Medicine Pregnancy Women's Nature
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  • Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean ; Northern Africa
  • Century: General
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  • Illustrations: Five figures. Figure One A couple having sexual intercourse, miniature from a copy of Salaman va Absal (Bethesda, National Library of Medicine, MS.P 16, fol. 35b). Figure Two A pregnant woman, Tashri?-i badan-i insan (Bethesda, National Library of Medici
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  • Author's Affiliation: Fordham University
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  • Year of Publication: 2010.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9781904832690 (hbk); 9780977783953 (pbk)