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 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. The wandering womb as a concept was popularized by doctor Edward Jorden, who published The Suffocation of the Mother in 1603. However, this belief was eventually discredited with advances in anatomy and psychology.

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