Wandering womb
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wandering-womb-294-6812653
title:
Wandering womb
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Wandering womb was the belief that a displaced uterus was the cause of many medical pathologies in women. The belief is first attested in the medical texts of ancient Greece, but it persisted in European academic medicine and popular thought for centuries. The wandering womb as a concept was popularized by doctor Edward Jorden, who published The Suffocation of the Mother in 1603. Suffocation of the Mother was the first text on the subjects of the wandering womb and hysteria that was written in E
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Outdated diagnosis in female health
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_womb
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2024-04-06T13:40:11Z
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