Scarlet 2203-01 • Medieval thought was that menstruation was the body’s shedding of unnecessary and accumulated blood. Without which the womb would be overrun with fluid and cause her to choke and suffocate 2022 Acrylic, ink, magazine, marker, pa
Scarlet 2203-02 • Only about 1% of women have recurrent pregnancy losses 2022 Acrylic, ink, magazine, marker, matchstick, tea, thread, and vellum on watercolor paper 7 x 5 inches
Scarlet 2203-03 • In Mayan mythology, menstruation was believed to have originated as punishment after the moon goddess slept with the sun god. Her menstrual blood was stored in 13 jars and transformed into snakes, insects, poisons, and diseases
Scarlet 2203-04 • Hippocrates, the ‘father of medicine’, thought an unused uterus could cause ‘suffocation of the womb,’ a wandering uterus that could wreak havoc on the other organs 2022 Acrylic, ink, magazine, marker, papyrus, tea, thread, and v
Scarlet 2203-05 • During the Victorian era, they thought too much activity or too much happiness could cause a miscarriage 2022 Acrylic, ink, magazine, marker, papyrus, tea, and vellum on watercolor paper 7 x 5 inches
Scarlet 2203-06 • In the 1800s hysteria was treated by having women wind a heavy wheel for hours, confess to her secrets, play chess, go to bed early with a short candle, pretend she is pregnant, practice astronomy, and avoid reading 2022 Acrylic,
Scarlet 2203-07 • 19th century doctors thought women needed to bleed to cool their emotional, hysterical natures 2022 Acrylic, ink, magazine, marker, tea, and vellum on watercolor paper 7 x 5 inches
Scarlet 2203-08 • There was a Medieval belief that menstrual blood could damage a penis on contact 2022 Acrylic, ink, magazine, marker, tea, and vellum on watercolor paper 7 x 5 inches
Scarlet 2203-09 • By the 1860s an estimated 20 - 30% of pregnancies were aborted, miscarriages accounting for an estimated 12 - 15% 2022 Acrylic, ink, magazine, marker, papyrus, tea, and vellum on watercolor paper 7 x 5 inches
Scarlet 2203-10 • Around two-thirds of women who have had 2 children have also had a miscarriage 2022 Acrylic, ink, magazine, marker, matchstick, tea, thread, and vellum on watercolor paper 7 x 5 inches
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