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Subject(s)

• Arrese, Pedro José de, -1795—Rudimentos fisico-canonico-morales [Browse]
• Cesarean section—Spain—History—18th century [Browse]
• Cesarean section—Spain—Colonies—History—18th century [Browse]
• Baptism—Catholic Church—History—18th century [Browse]
• Medicine—Religious aspects—Catholic Church—History—18th century [Browse]

Author

• Tortorici, Zeb, 1978- [Browse]
• Warren, Adam, Ph.D. [Browse]

Series

• Latin American originals ; 15. [More in this series]
• Latin American originals ; 15 [More in this series]

Contains

Arrese, Pedro José de, -1795. Rudimentos fisico-canonico-morales. English [Browse]

Summary note

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction : postmortem cesareans; Pedro José de Arrese's Guatemalan treatise in historical context
• Arrese's text : Physical, canonical, moral principles ... on the baptism of miscarried fetuses and the cesarean operation on women who die pregnant / translated by Nina M. Scott
• Additional translations from across the Spanish Empire / translated by Martha Few, Zeb Tortorici, and Adam Warren. Excerpt from Spain ; Excerpts from colonial Peru and Río de la Plata ; Excerpts from colonial Guatemala ; Excerpts from colonial New Spain.

ISBN

• 9780271086071
• 0271086076 (paperback)

LCCN

2019056791

OCLC

1134461907

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