Hermaphroditism, Medical Science and Sexual Identity in S...
Cleminson, Richard / Garcia, Francisco Vazquez![Hermaphroditism, Medical Science and Sexual Identity in Spain, 1850-1960](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/486/4867746/CHSBZCOP034867746.jpg)
How did Spanish doctors conceptualize persons believed to be a mix of the male and female genders during the period of 1850-1960? Such persons disrupted gendered and sexual givens, and from a legal and medical standpoint, required examination and determination according to their true sex in order to permit marriage, inheritance, and a "normal" social life. This volume charts the changing medical discourse on the "hermaphrodite" or "intersex" p...