Publication . Pinheiro, Cristina Maria Nascimento Guerra dos Santos, 1974-
The anatomy of the uterus and its constituent parts was an essential section in
early modern medical treatises, both general texts and specialist texts in gynaecology and
obstetrics. In this paper, I examine the section of Rodrigo de Castro’s De uniuersa mulierum
medicina devoted to the subject (chapters 2 and 3 of Book 1, Part 1 “Theoria”), both as
regards what he says about the anatomical characteristics of these parts and the controversies
and questions of morality associated with the uterus.
