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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Translator’s note
Introduction
1. A Blemish on the City
2. The Muse of the Dispensary Girls
3. A Few Statistics and a Little History
4. There Must Be Harm
5. Strolling inside the Dispensary
6. The Girls’ Squad
7. Women of the Book of Sorrows
8. Medical Examination Day
9. Student and Teacher
10. The Authorities’ Perspective
11. Holding Papers
12. Tearing Up Papers
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Notes
References
Index

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