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Introduction: midwifery, monstrosity, and motherhood
Purity and productivity: perceiving virginity, conception, and pregnancy
The evolution of virginity
Conception and pregnancy
The hidden history of contraception, abortion, and infanticide
Contraception and abortion
Infanticide
Populating the Patria
Monstrous births
Obstetrics, gynecology, and birth
Conclusion: change and constancy in Mexico's reproductive history
Appendix I. Abortion cases, 1823-1884
Appendix II. Infanticide cases, 1823-1897.
Purity and productivity: perceiving virginity, conception, and pregnancy
The evolution of virginity
Conception and pregnancy
The hidden history of contraception, abortion, and infanticide
Contraception and abortion
Infanticide
Populating the Patria
Monstrous births
Obstetrics, gynecology, and birth
Conclusion: change and constancy in Mexico's reproductive history
Appendix I. Abortion cases, 1823-1884
Appendix II. Infanticide cases, 1823-1897.