This is a compelling study of the origins and history of the disease. Following the continuity of the disease from its classical roots up, this study questions the nature of the disease and the relationship between illness and body image.
This is a compelling study of the origins and history of the disease. Following the continuity of the disease from its classical roots up, this study questions the nature of the disease and the relationship between illness and body image.
Introduction 1 The nature of green sickness The humoral body From green jaundice to green sickness Green sickness and the disease of virgins How green was green sickness? Green sickness and love sickness 2 A new disease? The classical sources for the disease of virgins Lange's letter Hippocratic virginity The transmission of On the disease of virgins What is a virgin? Other possible Hippocratic sources 'Some unknown monster': the challenge of 'new' diseases 3 The menstruating virgin The Galenic physiology of menstruation Alternative theories of menstruation Letting blood in the Hippocratic and Galenic bodies 'Marriage is a sovereign cure' The problem of puberty The philosophy of puberty Town and country 4 Dietary factors Food and the growth of the body Pica Green sickness as a liver disorder Constipation 5 'The laboratory came to the rescue': technology and chlorosis The pulse The stethoscope Blood testing Treatments Shall we dance? Rest Alternatives to orthodoxy Women physicians and chlorosis Conclusion
Introduction 1 The nature of green sickness The humoral body From green jaundice to green sickness Green sickness and the disease of virgins How green was green sickness? Green sickness and love sickness 2 A new disease? The classical sources for the disease of virgins Lange's letter Hippocratic virginity The transmission of On the disease of virgins What is a virgin? Other possible Hippocratic sources 'Some unknown monster': the challenge of 'new' diseases 3 The menstruating virgin The Galenic physiology of menstruation Alternative theories of menstruation Letting blood in the Hippocratic and Galenic bodies 'Marriage is a sovereign cure' The problem of puberty The philosophy of puberty Town and country 4 Dietary factors Food and the growth of the body Pica Green sickness as a liver disorder Constipation 5 'The laboratory came to the rescue': technology and chlorosis The pulse The stethoscope Blood testing Treatments Shall we dance? Rest Alternatives to orthodoxy Women physicians and chlorosis Conclusion
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