Female Uterus Medical History

Uterus: Anatomy, Function, Size, Position & Conditions

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22467-uterus

Your uterus can lie in several positions. A typical uterus tilts forward at your cervix and points towards your abdomen. This is called an anteverted uterus. Most people have an anteverted uterus. If you don’t have an anteverted uterus, you might have a: Retroverted …

Anatomy, Abdomen and Pelvis, Uterus

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470297/

The female uterus subdivides into four main anatomic segments (from superior to inferior): the …

The History of the Female Reproductive …

https://web.stanford.edu/class/history13/earlysciencelab/body/femalebodypages/genitalia.html

Female genital organs were often explained as "lesser" male organs due to differences in size, complexion and orientation. Words such as testes applied to both male …

Female Anatomy: Labeled Diagrams of the Reproductive …

https://www.verywellhealth.com/female-body-diagram-5209032

Internal female genitalia include the structures inside the vaginal opening. These include: 1 Vagina: The vagina is a muscular canal that connects the cervix and the …

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) - Symptoms and causes

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pelvic-inflammatory-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20352594

Hysteria, Witches, and The Wandering Uterus: A Brief …

https://lithub.com/hysteria-witches-and-the-wandering-uterus-a-brief-history/

Female sexuality, once again, was the problem. So-called witches were accused of making men impotent; their penises would “disappear” and it was claimed that …

Female hysteria: The history of a controversial 'condition'

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-controversy-of-female-hysteria

Maines argued that, in the late 19th century, doctors would often treat female patients’ hysteria symptoms by manually stimulating their genitalia. According to her, the …

The Long History of Gender Bias in Medicine | Time

https://time.com/6074224/gender-medicine-history/

Being biologically female defined and constrained what it meant to be a woman. Women’s illnesses and diseases consistently related back to the “secrets” and …

The ‘Father of Modern Gynecology’ …

https://www.history.com/news/the-father-of-modern-gynecology-performed-shocking-experiments-on-slaves

Like most doctors in the 19th century, Sims originally had little interest in treating female patients—and no specific gynecological training. Indeed, examining and …

Beware the Wandering Wombs of Hysterical …

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/hysteria-0012552

From ancient Greek physician Hippocrates to the infamous doctor Isaac Baker Brown of the 19th century, the pains and ailments of women were thought to be …