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diseases, food, menstruation

Beans at bedtime? How to dream well

May 8, 2017January 22, 2019 fluff35

Why did Pythagoras advise against beans at bedtime? and what do dreams mean?

Tagged Artemidorus, Asclepius, Athene, blood, Cicero, dates, dreams, endometriosis, gods, Hippocrates, Minerva, Neptune, Pythagoras, sleep1 Comment
Bad History, menstruation

Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods

April 17, 2017August 9, 2017 fluff35

What did menstrual bleeding mean to the people of the past? And what expectations did that raise?

Tagged Aphorisms, blood, conception, ears, endometriosis, flesh, flowers, Galen, Hippocrates, menopause, pelvis, placenta, pollution, puberty, vicarious menstruation, vomiting, women1 Comment

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