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To treatment options including fumigation, in which pleasant fumes could be To remedies such as fumigation, in which pleasant fumes would be placed at a woman's head and vile ones close to her prolapsed womb, in order to stimulate the uterus to retreat. Polybus, a pupil of Hippocrates (and his son-in-law), wrote in his noted text "On Diseases of Ladies," of other therapies for uterine prolapse which includes the application of an astringent towards the womb followed by placement of a vinegar soaked sponge, or halved pomegranate. If these measures failed, ladies have been subjected to succussion--the practice of tying a woman upside down by her feet to a fixed frame and bouncing her repeatedly until her prolapse lowered then leaving her bed bound for three days with her legs tied with each other [3]. On the other hand, a gradual shift in healthcare thought started to take place toward the end on the Hippocratic era. Medicine slowly began to cost-free itself from the influence of theurgy. By the initial century C.E. Soranus, essentially the most notable gynecologist of antiquity, would rebuke the Hippocratic approaches to treating uterine prolapse. He regarded as fumigation nonsensical, regarded the usage of pomegranates as bruising, and deemed2 succussion unbearable. Instead, in his monumental treatise, "Gynecology," Soranus prescribed the following: ". . . bathe the prolapsed part of the uterus with substantially lukewarm olive oil, and make a woolen tampon corresponding in shape and diameter to the vagina and wrap it in quite thin clean linen. . . 1 really should dip it briefly in vinegar. . . acacia juice. . . or wine, and apply it for the uterus and move the whole prolapsed element, forcing it up gently until the uterus has reverted to its right spot and the entire mass of wool is within the vagina" [4]. Yet, in spite of this therapeutic advance, outdated notions about the uterus would persist. As late as the second century C.E., prominent Greek physician Aretaeus the Cappadocian, in his "Causes and Indications of Acute and Chronic Ailments," nevertheless described the uterus as, "an animal inside an animal" [5]. In spite of Soranus's vast knowledge of obstetrics and gynecology, female pelvic anatomy remained poorly understood. Physicians from the age commonly referred towards the uterus as mater (Latin for mother) or hystera (Greek for womb) inside the plural kind, believing the uterus consisted of additional than one particular chamber [3]. Had it not been for Rome's prohibition on the use of human cadavers, this belief may well happen to be dispelled by the work of Galen, the Rome based physician and anatomist. On the other hand, Galen was left to extrapolate his understanding of human anatomy from dissections and vivisections of decrease animals in which the getting of uterine horns was commonplace [3]. The Mediaeval era brought about a return to theurgy, and medicine, which includes the management of uterine prolapse, regressed. It was during the Middle Ages that fantastical concepts concerning female pelvic anatomy emerged. The seven cells doctrine was one such notion. It stated that the uterus consisted of seven compartments, 3 on each side and a single inside the midd.