Erecting Sex: Hermaphrodites and the Medieval Science of Surgery

This essay focuses on “hermaphrodites” and the emerging profession of surgery in thirteenth-and fourteenth-century Europe. During this period, surgeons made novel claims about their authority to regulate sexual difference by surgically “correcting” errant sexual anatomies. Their theories about sex,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Osiris (Bruges) 2015-01, Vol.30 (1), p.17-37
1. Verfasser:	DeVun, Leah
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anatomy Disorders of Sex Development - history Disorders of Sex Development - psychology Disorders of Sex Development - surgery Femininity France Genitalia Grammatical gender History of medicine and histology History, Medieval Human organs Humans Italy Masculinity Masculinity - history Men Penis Sex Reassignment Surgery - history Surgeons Women
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