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The Disease of Virgins: Green Sickness, Chlorosis and the Problems of Puberty

The Disease of Virgins: Green Sickness, Chlorosis and the Problems of Puberty

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Medical ReferenceAncient History GeneralTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 0415554993
ISBN13: 9780415554992
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 16 2009
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

From an acclaimed author in the field, this is a compelling study of the origins and history of the disease commonly seen as afflicting young unmarried girls.

Understanding of the condition turned puberty and virginity into medical conditions, and Helen King stresses the continuity of this disease through history, depsite enormous shifts in medical understanding and technonologies, and drawing parallels with the modern illness of anorexia.

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