Twins contributed to the development of different medical theories about generation. Conceived in a single sexual relationship, thanks to an excess of seminal material, or the result of superfetation, with one or more sexual partners, twins were perceived as ambivalent beings, either as signs of abundance, or on the opposite as contrary to natural and social order because of adultery. Comparing the similarity of twins with eggs adds to their association with animality.
Giorgianni, F. (2019). Embriologia gemellare: discorso medico e rappresentazioni collettive. In M. Capocci, M. Cilione, F. Giorgianni (a cura di), I nomi del male e i segni dell'eredità. Pensare, nominare e curare la malattia «genetica» dai Greci a noi (pp. 101-128). Bologna : il Mulino.
Embriologia gemellare: discorso medico e rappresentazioni collettive
Giorgianni, F
2019-01-01
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Twins contributed to the development of different medical theories about generation. Conceived in a single sexual relationship, thanks to an excess of seminal material, or the result of superfetation, with one or more sexual partners, twins were perceived as ambivalent beings, either as signs of abundance, or on the opposite as contrary to natural and social order because of adultery. Comparing the similarity of twins with eggs adds to their association with animality.
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