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Piero Camporesi and
Robert R. Barr (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Continuum Intl Pub Group
Publication date
January 1, 1996
Pages
139
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780826408334
ISBN-10
0826408338
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$17.95
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§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, bodily fluids or "humors" - whether blood, semen, or phlegm - obsessed the educated and ignorant alike. These "elixirs" were believed to possess magical powers guaranteeing long life, sexual potency, intellectual insight (particularly in women), and even holiness.
Piero Camporesi, a specialist in popular culture from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, tells this fascinating story with an abundance of examples, still of great relevance to those of us who drink "cordials" for revitalizing the heart, take potions for sexual vigor, and believe that a ruddy complexion is a sign of health. This is also a proto-feminist story, for women's purified body, with its menstrual discharge, endows her with greater intelligence - a paradoxical but revolutionary conclusion in an era of misogyny.
Piero Camporesi, a specialist in popular culture from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, tells this fascinating story with an abundance of examples, still of great relevance to those of us who drink "cordials" for revitalizing the heart, take potions for sexual vigor, and believe that a ruddy complexion is a sign of health. This is also a proto-feminist story, for women's purified body, with its menstrual discharge, endows her with greater intelligence - a paradoxical but revolutionary conclusion in an era of misogyny.
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from Continuum Intl Pub Group (January 1, 1996)
9780826408334 | details & prices | 139 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $17.95
About: From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, bodily fluids or "humors" - whether blood, semen, or phlegm - obsessed the educated and ignorant alike.
About: From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, bodily fluids or "humors" - whether blood, semen, or phlegm - obsessed the educated and ignorant alike.
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