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scarletlib

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14. That is literally a Medieval belief.

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 25, 2023, 08:37 AM

Feb 2023

Read a book on Medieval life years ago. They got their medical theories from Galen. Neither Galen nor the Medieval doctors understood anything about human anatomy, especially women.

Amazing some idiots still believe this crap.

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