@inbook{10.3138/9781442681811.7,
 ISBN = {9780802068408},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442681811.7},
 abstract = {‘In a perfectly healthy woman, with the organs of generation in a normal condition, the function of menstruation is painlessly performed or, at most, is attended by slight symptoms of discomfort.’¹ With these words, Dr D.C. MacCallum of Montreal described how women should experience what was a normal physiological function. But how many ‘perfectly healthy’ women were there? From the last chapter, it would appear not very many. As we have seen, doctors proffered advice on the relative benefits of marriage versus celibacy, exercise, fashions, and general way of life in an effort to maintain women’s health. They were fighting},
 bookauthor = {Wendy Mitchinson},
 booktitle = {The Nature of their Bodies: Women and their Doctors in Victorian Canada},
 pages = {77--98},
 publisher = {University of Toronto Press},
 title = {Three Mysteries: Puberty, Menstruation, and Menopause},
 year = {1991}
}