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To be beside the seaside: cold water and menstruation

June 21, 2017May 4, 2021 fluff35

How could sea bathing be undertaken both to stop, and to start, menstruation?

Tagged amenorrhoea, cold, hot, hygiene, John Floyer, Margate, sea-bathing, skin, Thomas Rowlandson, tonics, water cure3 Comments

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