December 11, 2005

• Hysterectomy

  The root hyster- comes from the Greek word for womb. So, the psycholological disturbance termed hysteria
  was originally believed to be a disease of women and resulted from some
  disturbance in the uterus. Its origin is in the late 17th century.

  Similarly, a hysterectomy, first appearing in English in the
  mid-19th century, is the removal of the womb, or uterus, presumably in
  an attempt to make women less hysterical

  sadly, it did not work

  
  -J

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