Wandering womb was the belief that a displaced uterus was the cause of many medical pathologies in women. The belief was first attested in the medical texts of ancient Greece, and even though some opposed this theory, it persisted in European academic medicine and popular thought for centuries.
Wandering womb was the belief that a displaced uterus was the cause of many medical pathologies in women. The belief was first attested in the medical texts of ancient Greece, and even though some opposed this theory, it persisted in European academic medicine and popular thought for centuries.
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