Medieval women: everything you wanted to know
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Medical Concepts of Women in the Medieval Period
The ancient world bans dissection because they're worried that if you open up a dead body, bad humors are going to come out. But medieval people every once in a while, you're allowed to have a little dissection party depending on where you are as well. Menstruation is seen as being poisonous and there's legends of women who aren't menstruating or even more worrying about it.
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