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Drawing from a 13th-century manuscript of Pseudo-Apuleius's Herbarium, depicting a pregnant woman in repose, while another holds some pennyroyal in one hand and prepares a concoction using a mortar and pestle with the other. Pennyroyal was historically used as an herbal abortifacient.

Source: scanned from Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance by John M. Riddle.

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current01:22, 21 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 01:22, 21 December 2010922 × 679 (512 KB)Kaldaribetter crop, adjusted curves, cloned out remaining text
12:21, 4 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 12:21, 4 October 2007922 × 947 (727 KB)KydDrawing from a 13th-century manuscript of Pseudo-Apuleius's ''Herbarium'', depicting a pregnant woman in repose, while another holds some pennyroyal in one hand and prepares a concotion using a mortar and pestle with the other. Source: scanned fr
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