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…preserved for us information about an Italian “leech method”: shortly before the long-awaited night, a woman would apply leeches to her private areas to induce bleeding. The effect was almost guaranteed.

How Women Faked Virginity and Chastity in the Middle Ages
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SPQR | Ancient Rome and the Ancient World

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Simon Dillon
Simon Dillon

Written by Simon Dillon

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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com

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