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Baptism Through Incision: The Postmortem Cesarean Operation in the Spanish Empire - Latin American Originals Few, Martha (Professor, Pennsylvania State University)
Baptism Through Incision: The Postmortem Cesarean Operation in the Spanish Empire - Latin American Originals
Few, Martha (Professor, Pennsylvania State University)
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.
152 pages, 1 Maps; 3 Halftones, black and white
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 19, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9780271086071 |
| Publishers | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Pages | 152 |
| Dimensions | 219 × 141 × 14 mm · 181 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Scott, Nina M. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) |