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Telling of Wonders: Teratology in Western Medicine

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
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URL: 

http://www.nyam.org/library/historical/teratology/index.shtml

Author: 
Caroline Duroselle-Melish with the assistance of John Orth
Excerpt: 

This exhibit examines the evolution of teratology (i.e. the study of  perceived abnormalities in the natural world, both real and imagined) through the eyes of physicians and philosophers.  How have they considered and how have they intertwined different interpretations in their representations and explanations of wonders from Antiquity to the end of the 18th century?

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