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All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today / Elizabeth Comen.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Skin (integumentary) : it's what's inside that counts -- Bones (skeletal) : skulls and whalebones -- Muscle (muscular) : who's the weakest of them all? -- Blood (circulatory) : matters of the heart -- Breath (respiratory) : perhaps women breathe different air -- Guts (digestive) : the price of going (and not going) with your gut -- Bladder (urinary) : a thousand years of holding it in -- Defense (immune) : self-sabotage -- Nerves (nervous) : the "bitches be crazy" school of medicine -- Hormones (Endocrine) : the hormone hangover -- Sex (reproductive) : the mother of all moral panics.
Summary, etc.:	"In the spirit of Sid Mukherjee's Emperor of All Maladies, a medical history that is both a collective narrative of women's bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around personal health, self-improvement, and the future of healthcare for everyone"-- Provided by publisher.