Menstruation and the female body in early modern England

"In early modern English medicine, the balance of fluids in the body was seen as the key to health. Menstruation was widely believed to regulate the blood level in the female body and so was extensively discussed in medical texts. In this book, Sara Read examines all forms of literature, from p...

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Main Author: Read, Sara 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Basingstoke New York Palgrave Macmillan 2013
In:Year: 2013
Series/Journal:Gender and sexualities in history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / Woman / Menstruation
Further subjects:B Medicine (England) History
B Menstruation (England) History
B Body image in women (England) History
B Menstruation in literature
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Read, Sara 1969- (Author)
Palgrave Macmillan 2013
Print Book 766782794
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1707 - 2026