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from "wandering wombs: a brief history of hsyteria" in In Dora's Case: Freud-Hysteria-Feminism:
"the oldest surviving egyptian medical papyrus, dating from around 1900 b.c., deals specifically with recommended treatments for hysterical disorders. . . the cause for such curious behavioral disturbances, as the egyptians saw it, was the flight of the uterus, which they considered a mobile, independent organism, up and away from its normal position. cure for this anomalous displacement could be attempted from two directions: the woman's sexual parts could be fumigated with fragrant substances to attract the migratory uterus from below, or vile-tasting and foul-smelling potions could be ingested to drive the deviant womb back from above."
"the oldest surviving egyptian medical papyrus, dating from around 1900 b.c., deals specifically with recommended treatments for hysterical disorders. . . the cause for such curious behavioral disturbances, as the egyptians saw it, was the flight of the uterus, which they considered a mobile, independent organism, up and away from its normal position. cure for this anomalous displacement could be attempted from two directions: the woman's sexual parts could be fumigated with fragrant substances to attract the migratory uterus from below, or vile-tasting and foul-smelling potions could be ingested to drive the deviant womb back from above."