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are in reality hers. Indeed, the uncertainty is even 

 greater than this implies, for, according to some 

 writers, "Trotula" is merely the title of a book. Such 

 an authority as Malgaigne, however, believed that 

 such a woman existed, and that the works accredited 

 to her are authentic. The truth of the matter may 

 perhaps never be fully established, but this at least is 

 certain the tradition in regard to Trotula could 

 never have arisen had not women held a far different 

 position among the Arabians of this period from that 

 accorded them in contemporary Christendom. 



