Regulating Menstruation: Beliefs, Practices, Interpretations

Menstrual Catharsis And The Greek Physician / Etienne Van De Walle -- Colds, Worms, And Hysteria: Menstrual Regulation In Eighteenth-century America / Susan E. Klepp -- Menstrual Interventions In The Nineteenth-century United States / Janet Farrell Brodie -- Emmenagogues And Abortifacients In The Twentieth Century: An Issue Of Ambiguity / Gigi Santow -- Pharmacological Properties Of Emmenagogues: A Biomedical View / Stefania Siedlecky -- Demography, Amenorrhea, And Fertility / Ina Warriner -- Menstrual Regulation And The Pill / Linda S. Potter -- The Meaning Of Menstrual Management In A High-fertility Society: Guinea, West Africa / Elise Levin -- The Blood That Links: Menstrual Regulation Among The Bamana Of Mali / Sangeetha Madhavan And Aisse Diarra -- Cleaning The Inside And The Regulation Of Menstruation In Southwestern Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne -- Means, Motives, And Menses: Uses Of Herbal Emmenagogues In Indonesia / Terence H. Hull And Valerie J. Hull -- Regulating Menstruation In Matlab, Bangladesh: Women's Practices And Perspectives / Heidi Bart Johnston -- Bloodmakers Made Of Blood: Quechua Ethnophysiology Of Menstruation / Patricia J. Hammer -- Midwives And Menstrual Regulation: A Guatemalan Case Study / Sheila Cosminsky. Edited By Etienne Van De Walle And Elisha P. Renne. Papers Orginally Presented During An Internet Conference Which Was Held Feb. 19-22, 1998. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.