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The arrogance of teratology: A brief chronology of attitudes throughout history

4 Dec 2018

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While the discipline of Teratology has existed for about 60 years, there has been a deep interest in the causes of human malformations for millennia. Absent the scientific method and acting on fervent beliefs that made sense to ancient/medieval populations, "mechanisms" were described and prognostications of future events were assigned to terata resulting in tragic (and unwarranted) sequelae. This article...

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PMID: 30516026
DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.1422

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