Helen King

The Disease of Virgins

Green Sickness, Chlorosis and the Problems of Puberty

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780415554992
• ISBN-10: 0415554993
• Artikelnr.: 26686420

Autorenporträt

Helen King

Inhaltsangabe

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