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6. Birth and Care of the Newborn in Ancient Rome Marinella Corridori, Vassilios Fanos The reproductive role of the woman • Midwives • Illustrations of childbirth • Factors considered important for childbirth: girdles and knots • Divinities and childbirth • Childbirth and the first treatments of the newborn • Neonatal mortality • Recognition of the neonate • The abandonment (or exposure) of the newborn • The neonate's bath, swaddling clothes and crib • Breastfeeding • The name .........
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7. Fertility Rites Italo Farnetani, Vassilios Fanos, Marinella Corridori Ethnobiology of reproduction • Fertility rites • The power of light ..................................................................................................
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8. History of Breastfeeding Marcella Testa, Kyriakì Tsotra The Egyptians • The Greeks • The Etruscans and Italic peoples • The Romans • Conclusions ..............................................................
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9. History of Adoption Francesco Tregnaghi Adoption in Babylon • The Old Testament • Ancient Egypt • Ancient Greece • Ancient Rome • The Middle Ages • The French Revolution • Modern times: France and Italy ..................................
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10. Neonatal Medicine in Ancient Art Murat Yurdakök Breastfeeding • The first neonatologists • Caesarean birth • The fetus • Congenital anomalies • Twins • Circumcision .....................
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11. Birth Defects through History Luigi Memo, Matteo Della Monica, Roberto Mauri, Alice Vuoso-Mauri Ancient Egypt • The Middle East • Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds • The Middle Ages and the Renaissance • 16th to 18th Centuries • Victorian Curiosity • Eugenics and the Nazi madness • Current Perspectives • Conclusions ................................................. 12. "Extraordinary Birth". History of the Caesarean Section in the Western World Nadia Maria Filippini The birth of gods and heroes • The post mortem caesarean • The 18th-century revolution: Gian Battista Bianchi and Francesco Emanuele Cangiamila • The caesarean section on living women .......................................................................................
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