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Medieval Embryology in the Vernacular: The Case of `De spermate'.(Review)

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Paivi Pahta, Medieval Embryology in the Vernacular: The Case of `De spermate', Memoires de la Societe Neophilologique de Helsinki 53 (Helsinki: Societe Neophilologique, 1998). xii + 328 pp. ISBN 951-45-8346-9. $45.00. Enquiries to tiederkirja@ pp.kolumbus.fi. The first half of this book consists of a study of medieval medicine and its roots, gradually homing in on England; theories of ...

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