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Old 05-22-2013, 03:45 AM
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Originally Posted by catmcclure View Post
Ever wonder where the term hysterectomy came from? It literally means removal of hysteria. The medical diagnosis included anything and everything. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_hysteria Doctors performed a lot of hysterectomies in the Victorian age and I doubt very many were for cancer. A lot of the listed symptoms sound like PMS - except for the "tendency to cause trouble."
Actually hysteria is from the root for the uterus. They believed the uterus caused hysteria. Whatever hysteria IS.
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