title: The birth of a monstrous child throughout history: the example of anencephaly between the Egyptian New Empire and the 21st century.
abstract: Anencephaly is of special interest for the historical study of human behaviour after the birth of a monstrous child. Examples of anencephalic human births from Egyptian Antiquity to the present time allow us to create a history of teratology, revealing hiatuses in the medical and scientific interpretation of monstrosity that contrast to a relative continuity in the imaginary processes that accompany the birth of a monstrous child.
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Jacques Patrick
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Barbet
mesh_terms: D009008:Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D000757:Anencephaly / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D004534:Egypt; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn