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The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

Women, madness and medicine / Denise Russell.

Illness and power : women's mental disorders and the battle between the sexes / Brant Wenegrat.

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The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

Women, madness and medicine / Denise Russell.

Illness and power : women's mental disorders and the battle between the sexes / Brant Wenegrat.