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Women's Bodies in Classical Greek Science (Updated Edition) by Lesley Dean-Jones Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-19-815046-6 / 0198150466 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-815046-6 / 9780198150466 In this book Professor Dean-Jones gives a close analysis of theories concerning women's bodies in such authors as the Hippocratics and Aristotle. She demonstrates the centrality of menstruation in classical theories of female physiology, pathology, and reproduction, and suggests that this had both |