The History of Periods
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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What Is Hysteria?
Pisteria as a medical diagnosis was in American medical books until the 1950s. A uterus could dislodge itself from its normal place in the pelvis and wander around the body. If a woman had an epileptic seizure or was really moody, killed her husband with an axe. Whatever was a slightly aberrant behavior was blamed on her uterus.
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