"Give not any of these to any that is with child, lest you turn murderess" : women's medicine in early modern herbals / Fiona Kyle.

Eve's herbs : a history of contraception and abortion in the West / John M. Riddle.

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Herbal contraceptives

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"Give not any of these to any that is with child, lest you turn murderess" : women's medicine in early modern herbals / Fiona Kyle.

Eve's herbs : a history of contraception and abortion in the West / John M. Riddle.