Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgements v
4. Note on the Text ix
5. List of Illustrations x
6. Introduction: Constructing Maternal Knowledge 1
7. Chapter 1 Flesh and Stone: Dissecting Maternity in the Theatre of Anatomy 27
8. Chapter 2 The Cabinet of Wonders: Monstrous Conceptions in the Theatre of Nature 94
9. Chapter 3 Strange Labours: Maternity and Maleficium in the Theatre of Justice 154
10. Chapter 4 Speaking Stones: Memory and Maternity in the Theatre of Death 212
11. Postscript: Our Maternities: The Historical Legacy 268
12. Selected Bibliography 270
13. Index 294