...the uterus must also have struck him : for he says in speaking of " hysterical suffocation " — " In the middle of the flanks of women lies the womb,...of the thorax, and also obliquely to the right or to the left, either to the liver or spleen ; it likewise is subject to prolapse downwards, and, in...

...hysteric diseases in the eleventh chapter of his works : — "In the middle of the flanks of a woman lies the womb, a female viscus closely resembling...of the thorax, and also obliquely to the right or left, either to the liver or spleen ; and it is likewise subject to prolapsus downwards — in a word,...

...model, and were thoroughly imbued -with hi« ' opinions. In his article on Hysteria 8ufficans, he says : In the middle of the flanks of women lies the womb,...obliquely to the right or the left, either to the liver or -«pleen; and it is likewise subject to prolapsion downwards, and, in a word, it is altogether erratic....

...Rome." In the latter author we find a chapter on " Hysterical Suffocation" which begins as follows: "In the middle of the flanks of women lies the womb,...cartilage of the thorax, and also obliquely to the right and the left to the liver and the spleen ; and it is likewise subject to prolapsus downwards, and,...

...translation of the works of Aretwus, the following passage is found: " In the middle of the flanks of a woman lies the womb, a female viscus closely resembling...of the thorax, and also obliquely to the right or left, either to the liver or spleen ; and it is likewise subject to prolapsus downwards— in a word,...

...found: " In the middle of the flanks of a woman lies the wornb, a female viscus closely resetoibling an animal, for it is moved of itself hither and thither...of the thorax, and also obliquely to the right or left, either to the liver or spleen; and it is likewise subject to prolapsus downwards — in a word,...

...else we should not have had such statements as Aretaeus gives us, " that the uterus may be moved up 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 spleen" ("Acute Diseases," II. xi.). Lastly, we are convinced that...

...who wrote on hysterical disorders some time in the second century of the Christian era. He says : " In the middle of the flanks of women lies the womb,...viscus, closely resembling an animal ; for it is moved by itself hither and tbither in the flanks, also upward in a direct line to below the cartilages of...

...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 spleen; and it likewise...is subject to prolapses downwards, and in a word, it is altogether erratic.30 Soranus, who practiced medicine in Rome from 98-138 AD, wrote the first...

...the chronic diseases of humankind. His colorful description of the uterus resembles that of Plato: "In the middle of the flanks of women lies the womb,...itself hither and thither in the flanks, also upwards . . . and also obliquely to the right or to the left; it is likewise subject to prolapse downwards."26...