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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Taking positions. On the erotic in Renaissance culture.

TALVACCHIA, Bette

Publication Details

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999 CE.

Of particular relevance to the history of medical literature is Chapter 8: "Mythology, Sexuality, and Science in Charles Estienne's Manual of Anatomy" (pp. 161-188).  This refers to Estienne's De dissectione partium corporis humani (1545). (No. 378)

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Publication place: Princeton, NJ