Laurinda S Dixon, Perilous chastity: women and illness in pre-Enlightenment art and medicine, Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 1995, pp. xvi, 297, illus., £42.00, 22.50 (paperback 0-8014-8215-1).

Helen King

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Laurinda S Dixon, Perilous chastity: women and illness in pre-Enlightenment art and medicine, Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 1995, pp. xvi, 297, illus., £42.00, $55.00 (hardback 0-8014-3026-7); £17.50, $22.50 (paperback 0-8014-8215-1).

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Information: Medical History , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , October 1996 , pp. 505 - 506

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Laurinda S Dixon, Perilous chastity: women and illness in pre-Enlightenment art and medicine, Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 1995, pp. xvi, 297, illus., £42.00, $55.00 (hardback 0-8014-3026-7); £17.50, $22.50 (paperback 0-8014-8215-1).

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