Physiology and the Origins of the Menstrual Prohibitions
- 31 May 1940
- journal article
- review article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Quarterly Review of Biology
- Vol. 15 (2) , 211-220
- https://doi.org/10.1086/394607
Abstract
A review of the exptl. evidence con-cerning the possibility that menstruous women are capable of exerting a deleterious effect upon living tissues, and the relation of these facts to the origins of the menstrual superstitions and prohibitions. The evidence indicates that menstruous women are capable of exerting noxious effects upon many living tissues, and that the substance responsible is secreted through the hands, and is probably trimethyl-amine.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Experimental studies, old and new, on menstrual toxin.Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1934