History/Military Disease of Virgins: Green Sickness, Chlorosis and the Problems of Puberty (0415226627)

Like Book123?! Give us +1

More

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

When does a young girl's behaviour become a disease?

In sixteenth-century Europe, the disease of virgins, or green sickness, was seen as a common disorder affecting young unmarried girls.

Its symptoms included weakness, dietary disturbance, lack of menstruation and most significantly, a change in skin colour.

Understanding of the condition turned puberty and virginity into medical problems, and proposed to cure them by bloodletting, diet,

exercise, and marriage.

Helen King examines the origins and history of the disease, from its roots in the classical tradition to its extraordinary survival

into the 1920s, despite changes in how the mechanisms of puberty and menstruation were understood, and enormous shifts in medical

theories and technologies. From menstrual disturbance to eating disorders, from liver disease to blood disorder, the disease of

virgins has been adjusted throughout its history to fit medical fashions. However, little changed in the underlying ideas about the

female body, and the need to regulate the sexuality of young women.

This compelling study poses a number of questions about the nature of disease itself and the relationship between illness, body image

and what we should call 'normal' behavior.

Buy Book at Lowest Price on Amazon

Download FREE

Rating:
2.5 out of 5 by Book123

Download Links
Server	Status
Direct Download Link 1	Alive
Direct Download Link 2	Alive
Download Link (Uploading.com)	Alive
Download Link (Depositfiles.com)	Alive
Buy This Book at Best Price >>

Like this article?! Give us +1:

	Medical Abnormalities In Puberty Scientific And Clinical Advances 564%-&64L-po*87Book Description:This book on abnormalities in puberty presents an overview on the latest knowledge on the mechanisms of the developmental processes of puberty. Although the exact mechanisms of reawakening of the GnRH pulse g ...
	Health Environmental Factors in Skin Disease (Current Problems in Dermatology)
	Science/Engineering The Green Book of Mathematical Problems Kenneth Hardy, Kenneth S. Williams, "The Green Book of Mathematical Problems" Dover Publications \| 1997-04-01 \| ISBN: 0486695735 \| 184 pages \| Djvu \| 1,3 MB Rich selection of 100 practice problems — with hints and solutions — for stud ...
	Economics/Finances The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems Van Jones, Ariane Conrad, "The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems"HarperOne \| 2008-10-01 \| ISBN: 0061650757 \| 256 pages \| PDF \| 1,1 MBProvocative, personal, and inspirational, The Green Collar Economy is ...
	Study Body Matters: A Phenomenology of Sickness, Disease, and Illness James Aho, "Body Matters: A Phenomenology of Sickness, Disease, and Illness" Lexington Books \| ISBN: 0739126989 \| 2008 \| 206 pages \| PDF \| 1,7 MB Product DescriptionWritten in a jargon-free way, Body Matters provides a clear and accessibl ...
	Abnormalities In Puberty: Scientific And Clinical Advances Henriette A. Delemarre-van de Waal (Editor), «Abnormalities In Puberty: Scientific And Clinical Advances»S. Karger AG (Switzerland) \| ISBN 3805578679 \| March 2005 \| PDF \| 181 Pages \| 2,20 Mb This book on abnormalities in puberty presents ...

Share this page with your friends now!
Text link
Forum (BBCode)
Website (HTML)

DISCLAIMER:

This site does not store History/Military Disease of Virgins: Green Sickness, Chlorosis and the Problems of Puberty on its server. We only index and link to History/Military Disease of Virgins: Green Sickness, Chlorosis and the Problems of Puberty provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete History/Military Disease of Virgins: Green Sickness, Chlorosis and the Problems of Puberty if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.

	Medical Abnormalities In Puberty Scientific And Clinical Advances 564%-&64L-po*87Book Description:This book on abnormalities in puberty presents an overview on the latest knowledge on the mechanisms of the developmental processes of puberty. Although the exact mechanisms of reawakening of the GnRH pulse g ...
	Health Environmental Factors in Skin Disease (Current Problems in Dermatology)
	Science/Engineering The Green Book of Mathematical Problems Kenneth Hardy, Kenneth S. Williams, "The Green Book of Mathematical Problems" Dover Publications \| 1997-04-01 \| ISBN: 0486695735 \| 184 pages \| Djvu \| 1,3 MB Rich selection of 100 practice problems — with hints and solutions — for stud ...
	Economics/Finances The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems Van Jones, Ariane Conrad, "The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems"HarperOne \| 2008-10-01 \| ISBN: 0061650757 \| 256 pages \| PDF \| 1,1 MBProvocative, personal, and inspirational, The Green Collar Economy is ...
	Study Body Matters: A Phenomenology of Sickness, Disease, and Illness James Aho, "Body Matters: A Phenomenology of Sickness, Disease, and Illness" Lexington Books \| ISBN: 0739126989 \| 2008 \| 206 pages \| PDF \| 1,7 MB Product DescriptionWritten in a jargon-free way, Body Matters provides a clear and accessibl ...
	Abnormalities In Puberty: Scientific And Clinical Advances Henriette A. Delemarre-van de Waal (Editor), «Abnormalities In Puberty: Scientific And Clinical Advances»S. Karger AG (Switzerland) \| ISBN 3805578679 \| March 2005 \| PDF \| 181 Pages \| 2,20 Mb This book on abnormalities in puberty presents ...

Book123

Categories

Share With Friends

Archive by Date

Search Tag

Newest

Useful Links

History/Military Disease of Virgins: Green Sickness, Chlorosis and the Problems of Puberty

Related Articles

DISCLAIMER:

Comments (0) All