How did this home product work in the “blood of my blood”?

In the eighth chapter The blood of my dishinchBroke OutlanderWe saw an interesting exhibition The history of medicineK. If you are going to see a series and have not reached this chapter, you can wait a bit to continue reading. If you have seen this or are not going to do this, but you are interested Medieval medicineThis may interest you. And this is that in this chapter we see how the seal is prepared, so that, by the visible, to restore the lost virginity, although, although today it would be a crime, in many ways it is connected with Medieval pillars of medicine.

A person responsible for making seizures is a julia that refers to learning to do this with a reading of a book called “ TrotulK. Remember that Julia traveled from the 20th century to the 18thThe field, however, the mentioned book is much older. Specifically The twelfth century.

Although, in fact, this is not a single book, but a set of texts baptized in honor of one of its authors, Salern Trotulaone of the first doctors in history and, possibly ,, The first person in the world specializes in gynecology. Logically, his recipe for virginity does not work; Among other reasons, because Virginity does not existField but what we observe in this chapter The blood of my blood This is very interesting.

What happens in The blood of my blood?

In the eighth chapter The blood of my bloodEllen must pass a number of tests to demonstrate that his virginity remains untouched. The father of his future husband received a warning that he had sex with another man and wants to check it. Since the conversation is true, Ellen and Brian, responsible for her no longer a virgin, desperately need. Therefore, Julia offers to help Brian with a curious seizure that is preparing right in the kitchen of the castle, where she works as a servant.

You do not see all the ingredients that you use, but we see, for example, that you add A few eggs And ask Brian to bring him salty or gunpowderK. reality is such that Not so much accent on ingredientsBut when he recognized them in this medieval book. Trotula

What does Trotula With virginity?

A Trotula This is a collection of medieval texts about medicine. The one that is possibly their famous is called Passionibus Mulierum Courandorum And he was written by Rudero Totula, also known as Totter Salerno.

Little is known, this doctor, in addition to the fact that he was born in the eleventh century and not only trained the medicine, but that was also Professor of the University of SalernOr one of the few who at that time allowed access to women -teacher. While he played a lot of medicine His specialty was gynecology. He focused on all types of drugs, both to prevent pregnancy and for its development. It also discussed other issues, such as menstruation, childbirth and, indeed, virginity.

At that time there were several methods to make sure that the virginity of a woman remains untouched. One of them was the urine test that we see in The blood of my dishThumbling, having tried the potion organized this time, the woman checked Contain urine Until they ordered him to put him in a bowl. The content of this was analyzed to make sure that it works clean and cleanLike the virtue of the Virgin. Basically, that a woman demonstrates her purity I had to have a healthy kidney and be well moistened. In case of dehydration, his urine will look thick and can show a negative result. This has no slightest scientific evidence, and also does not have a second test: Vulva check.

Although in The blood of my blood This is not very good that the doctor examines, Vulva discoveryThe field if it were very open, it would mean that the woman under consideration has already lost her virginity. He still does not have much, because Vulva has some elasticity and does not remain open after sexual relations. In addition, everyone is different. But for doctors of that time, it was an ideal measure.

Therefore, in Totter texts they are recommended Several drugs to reduce vulvaThe field is these van From Numbrah nettle to the grenade bark passing through an oak apple and a plant called Llantén. None of this has scientific evidence, although we could see some explanations in the case of Llantén. This plant was studied Healing in the uterusThe field in the past, the term vulva had a tendency to confuse with the uterus, so there may be some relations. Be that as it may, it is still not an effective tool.

All this can be discrediting for Rujero -Trotter, but the reality is that we are talking about a pioneer who first attached the importance of women’s health and bothered to study them Specific needs. While most of their drugs were not effective as such, they served as the basis for medicine to continue to move forward. Therefore, what we see in The blood of my blood This is a very interesting part of the story.

But no, there is no virginity

What is virginity? This term is still Social and cop -structure Without the slightest scientific evidence. To begin with, this minimizes sex with a simple fact that a man introduces a penis into the vagina of a woman. There is much more sex than this, and it should not be between a man and a woman, and he does not need to communicate. There are countless sexual practices in which penetration does not interfere. On the other hand, there is nothing that could be lost or that it should be reserved. Historically, we were believed that there is a flower that should be stored for a particular person. It was a way to limit someone’s sexual freedom, but Especially in women.

Even, finally, the defenders of virginity usually claim that she is lost when the virgin girl is broken. However, Personality is not a seal of security guaranteeIt does not necessarily break in the first sexual relations, even had penetration and can break much earlier. If a girl loses a virgin when she falls from a bicycle for four years, she lost her virginity? Logically not.

Therefore, virginity is nothing more than an outdated concept that can make sense in a series of such as The blood of my bloodBut this should not continue to be part of our lives today. Unfortunately, he continues to do this. Because there is nothing difficult to demolish than the concept that was historically used to control and scare us. Especially when, in general, it contains freedom of half of the population, and the other is privileged. Always the same, of course.