The mysteries of sex : women who posed as men and men who impersonated women / by C.J.S. Thompson.
- Charles Thompson
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The mysteries of sex : women who posed as men and men who impersonated women / by C.J.S. Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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