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2018
This chapter argues that the clitoris would be the first vulval organ to gain notoriety for hypertrophy, as recorded in the ancient Greco-Roman literature. Labial hypertrophy did not become a problem until the labia minora were described and taken seriously as a distinct anatomical structure by Renaissance anatomist Vesalius.
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This chapter argues that the clitoris would be the first vulval organ to gain notoriety for hypertrophy, as recorded in the ancient Greco-Roman literature. Labial hypertrophy did not become a problem until the labia minora were described and taken seriously as a distinct anatomical structure by Renaissance anatomist Vesalius.
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2018
Illustrations of similar-appearing, curvaceous, petite women (or nymphs) with blonde hair in various styles, bathing or cavorting in green pools connected by tubes suggestive of plumbing or vascular systems, are among the most bizarre features of the Voynich Codex. The bathing images are reminiscent of both Western and Aztec art.
Jules Janick, Arthur O. Tucker
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Illustrations of similar-appearing, curvaceous, petite women (or nymphs) with blonde hair in various styles, bathing or cavorting in green pools connected by tubes suggestive of plumbing or vascular systems, are among the most bizarre features of the Voynich Codex. The bathing images are reminiscent of both Western and Aztec art.
Jules Janick, Arthur O. Tucker
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Marvell's Dialogized Nymph [PDF]
SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, 2003 In "The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Faun," Andrew Marvell inserts multiple social languages into the traditional literary language of a complaining nymph and thereby tests that language in the face of outside linguistic pressures. The languages of contemporary militarism, British law, quasi-Christian theology, Canticles, and Marvell's own ...
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‘Giant’ Fibres in Dragonfly Nymphs
Nature, 1953A PRELIMINARY study of transverse and horizontal sections through the ventral nerve cord of late instar nymphs of Anax imperator (Anisoptera) has revealed several notable features. Accurate counts of the number of fibres within the commissures have shown that these range continuously from 0 to 16 µ, as set out in the accompanying histogram (Fig.
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The International Journal of the History of Sport, 2012
This paper explores the growth and development of the ‘art of swimming’ amongst Victorian female professional natationists when the common belief was that ‘ladies’ were not physiologically or emotionally equipped to withstand the rigours of physical exertion.
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This paper explores the growth and development of the ‘art of swimming’ amongst Victorian female professional natationists when the common belief was that ‘ladies’ were not physiologically or emotionally equipped to withstand the rigours of physical exertion.
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The Schoolboy and the Wood-Nymph
2008Briarmains being nearer than the Hollow, Mr. Yorke had conveyed his young comrade there. He had seen him laid in the best bed of the house, as carefully as if he had been one of his own sons.
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1994
One of the most familiar traits of the part-horse, part-man creatures known as silens is their keen interest in women. In Athenian vase-painting, the female companions of the silens are characterized by a variety of attributes and items of dress, and exhibit mixed feelings toward the attentions of silens.
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One of the most familiar traits of the part-horse, part-man creatures known as silens is their keen interest in women. In Athenian vase-painting, the female companions of the silens are characterized by a variety of attributes and items of dress, and exhibit mixed feelings toward the attentions of silens.
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