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The Promises of Suggestion. Hypnosis, Education, and the Dangers of Modernity in Belgium around 1900 KU Leuven
Medicine, Health and Gender KU Leuven
De spagaat van Marie Curie KU Leuven
Oorlog in tijden van vrede KU Leuven
L'omniprésence de la religion. Les médecins belges et le dilemme obstétrical (1840-1880) KU Leuven
This article examines the intellectual interaction between Catholic and liberal physicians in the nineteenth century based on the ideas put forward during the Belgian medical debate on the obstetrical dilemma. At that time, obstructed labor confronted doctors with a major dilemma : should they choose the life of the mother or that of the child ? A caesarean section (in theory the only operation that could save both the woman and the fetus at ...