Menstruation and the Female Body in Early Modern England e-bog
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In early modern English medicine, the balance of fluids in the body was seen as key to health. Menstruation was widely believed to regulate blood levels in the body and so was extensively discussed in medical texts. Sara Read examines all forms of literature, from plays and poems, to life-writing, and compares these texts with the medical theories.
E-bog
1021,49 DKK
Forlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Udgivet
31 oktober 2013
Genrer
1DD
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781137355034
In early modern English medicine, the balance of fluids in the body was seen as key to health. Menstruation was widely believed to regulate blood levels in the body and so was extensively discussed in medical texts. Sara Read examines all forms of literature, from plays and poems, to life-writing, and compares these texts with the medical theories.