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Travelling Knowledge and Forensic Medicine: Infanticide, Body and Mind in the Netherlands, 1811–1911

This article aims to explain why the notion of mania puerperalis, or puerperal insanity, was not used in the Netherlands to exonerate women accused of infanticide, in contrast to other countries. It applies the concept of ‘travelling knowledge’ as an approach to the history of forensic medicine, poi...

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Autor principal: Ruberg, Willemijn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3865936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2013.18

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