Menstruation and the Female Body in Early Modern England by Sara Read

Menstruation and the Female Body in Early Modern England

Genders and Sexualities in History

Sara Read

248 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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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...

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