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‘To[o] much eating stifles the child’: fat bodies and reproduction in early modern England

This article examines associations between fat bodies and reproductive dysfunction that were prevalent in medical, midwifery and other literature in early modern England. In a period when fertility and successful reproduction were regarded as hugely important for social, economic and political stabi...

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Autor principal: Toulalan, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25960608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.12031