ARISTOTLE 



729 a 



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" Aristotle now comes to grips with deciding between the 

 alternatives stated at 726 b 18 ff. 



* i.e., that portion of the menstrual fluid which is not dis- 

 charged externallv. 



« Cf. 716 a 27 ff. 

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