Confinement : the hidden history of maternal bodies in nineteenth-century Britain / Jessica Cox.

The fragile wisdom : an evolutionary view on women's biology and health / Grazyna Jasienska.

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Confinement : the hidden history of maternal bodies in nineteenth-century Britain / Jessica Cox.

The fragile wisdom : an evolutionary view on women's biology and health / Grazyna Jasienska.