The Human Embryo: Aristotle and the Arabic and European Traditions
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The Human Embryo: Aristotle and the Arabic and European Traditions is a medical book by Professor G.R. Dunstan and published by University of Exeter Press
University of Exeter Press
University of Exeter Press is the academic press of the University of Exeter, England.-Main Subject Areas:* Arabic and Islamic Studies* Archaeology* Celtic Studies* Classical Studies and Ancient History* Cultural and Social Studies* Education...

 in 1990. It specialises in the study of the human embryo
Embryo
An embryo is a multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development, from the time of first cell division until birth, hatching, or germination...

 both historically and from different cultural viewpoints. The largest section is devoted to the understanding of the embyro in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

, with seven articles alone reinterpreting Dante
DANTE
Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe is a not-for-profit organisation that plans, builds and operates the international networks that interconnect the various national research and education networks in Europe and surrounding regions...

's passages on the animation of the embryo.
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