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- catalog abstract "The Ovary of Eve is a rich and often hilarious account of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century efforts to understand conception. In these early years of the Scientific Revolution, the most intelligent men and women of the day struggled to come to terms with the origins of new life, and one theory - preformation - sparked an intensely heated debate that continued for over a hundred years. Preformation assumed that, during Creation, God had placed infinite generations of perfect miniature creatures inside their future parents, much like nested Russian dolls. But were these perfect beings in the egg or the sperm? The answer mattered a great deal, because both the Church and the larger society held women accountable for the Fall and Original Sin, as well as for birth defects and failures to conceive, while inheritance of social position and titles, even kingdoms, passed through the male line. The "ovists" debated the "spermists" in palaces and cafes, in churches and at family dinner tables, as the aristocracy, the Church, and the intelligentsia tried to resolve what the ancient Greeks called "the mystery of mysteries." Clara Pinto-Correia weaves the strands of this debate into the cultural and social history of the day and shows why intelligent men and women became committed to a view of life that seems unbelievable to us today.".
- catalog contributor b10422751.
- catalog coverage "Europe".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-376) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: Dare to Know -- All About Eve -- All About Adam -- "One Does Not See the Wind" -- Hopeful Monsters -- Frogs with Boxer Shorts -- The H Word -- The Music of the Spheres -- Magical Numbers -- Epilogue: The Fat Lady Will Not Sing.".
- catalog description "The Ovary of Eve is a rich and often hilarious account of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century efforts to understand conception. In these early years of the Scientific Revolution, the most intelligent men and women of the day struggled to come to terms with the origins of new life, and one theory - preformation - sparked an intensely heated debate that continued for over a hundred years. Preformation assumed that, during Creation, God had placed infinite generations of perfect miniature creatures inside their future parents, much like nested Russian dolls. But were these perfect beings in the egg or the sperm? The answer mattered a great deal, because both the Church and the larger society held women accountable for the Fall and Original Sin, as well as for birth defects and failures to conceive, while inheritance of social position and titles, even kingdoms, passed through the male line. The "ovists" debated the "spermists" in palaces and cafes, in churches and at family dinner tables, as the aristocracy, the Church, and the intelligentsia tried to resolve what the ancient Greeks called "the mystery of mysteries." Clara Pinto-Correia weaves the strands of this debate into the cultural and social history of the day and shows why intelligent men and women became committed to a view of life that seems unbelievable to us today.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 396 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226669521 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog subject "1997 L-842".
- catalog subject "509.4/09/032 21".
- catalog subject "Embryology Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Embryology History.".
- catalog subject "Embryology history".
- catalog subject "Q 127.E8 C824o 1997".
- catalog subject "Q127.E8 C67 1997".
- catalog subject "Reproduction Europe.".
- catalog subject "Reproduction Research History.".
- catalog subject "Reproduction.".
- catalog subject "Science Europe History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Science Europe History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Science Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Science history".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: Dare to Know -- All About Eve -- All About Adam -- "One Does Not See the Wind" -- Hopeful Monsters -- Frogs with Boxer Shorts -- The H Word -- The Music of the Spheres -- Magical Numbers -- Epilogue: The Fat Lady Will Not Sing.".
- catalog title "The ovary of Eve : egg and sperm and preformation / Clara Pinto-Correia.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".