One of the key instagators in the creation of Happy Uterus,,,(KME) has been, asking,,, where in the world, the "mysterious Wondering Womb" has been and why she was absent from the, previously posted line up of characters.
To that all I can say,, that she is called "the mysterious wandering womb" for a reason!!! She goes wherever she pleases to wreak havock on whoever she wants. That said, only 5 pictures can be uploaded at a time for a posting,, and she was #6,,Hikes!! Its ok, because now, MWW gets a posting all to herself.
If one does a google search of "Wandering Womb", a Wealth of info can be found.
Here is an excerpt from
Wikipedia:
"The belief in the "wandering womb" was part of the teachings of Hippocrates. A description of the theory of a "wandering womb" is from Aretaeus, a physician from Cappadocia, who was a contemporary of Galen in the 2nd century. He wrote that the uterus could move out of place, and float within the body. The philosopher Plato also described the phenomenon:"
"In the middle of the flanks of women lies the womb, a female viscus, closely resembling an animal; for it is moved of itself hither and thither in the flanks, also upwards in a direct line to below the cartilage of the thorax, and also obliquely to the right or to the left, either to the liver or the spleen, and it likewise is subject to prolapsus downwards, and in a word, it is altogether erratic. It delights also in fragrant smells, and advances towards them; and it has an aversion to fetid smells, and flees from them; and, on the whole, the womb is like an animal within an animal."[1]
"The belief that the uterus could move freely, similar to an "animal within an animal", may have been part of ancient cultural beliefs in Greece,[2] but the earliest known written accounts of it are in the teachings of Hippocrates. The movement of the uterus was believed to cause pressure on nerves, arteries, and other organs, which in turn created symptoms of illness. This was believed to be the cause of a large number of pathologies, such as "choking, sleepiness, loss of speech, vertigo, knee problems, headaches, problems with the veins in the nose, heartburn, pulse irregularities, and death"."[3]
And further on in the Wikipedia Article on "Wandering Womb":
Further information:
Hysteria
The concept of hysteria caused by "wandering womb" continued to be taught from one generation of medical researchers to the next in Europe up until the early modern era. Medical researchers developed a better understanding of anatomy after the invention of microscopes in the 17th century and cellular research in the 19th century. However, the Hippocratic belief that women had a more fragile constitution vulnerable to irrationality and hysteria persisted. Sigmund Freud's theory of the free-floating subconscious, the "mind within the mind", was similar to the ancient belief in the "animal within the animal".[5] Both "wandering womb" and "hysteria" are obsolete medical theories that have been discredited today.
Not alot of
Happy UterusNess going on back in the day!
