TABOO
Review by John Pinching
At the dawn of modern medicine, a collective of healthcare gurus agreed that a civilised world deserved a formalised and scientific approach to making folk live longer. And, lo, our kin from back in the mid-nineteenth century duly rejoiced.
During this time of trail-blazing revolution, however, a memo – perhaps the most important ‘heads-up’ in the history of the human race – was lost. It was the memo that told these early influencers, albeit in hushed tones, that ‘women’s bodies were different’.
We don’t know precisely how old this memo was, but it certainly predated the era of Alexander Fleming and perhaps even the discovery of Post-it notes.
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