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The Bizarre Medieval Practice of Uterine Exorcism - Neatorama

When you think of a "uterine exorcism," which you most likely have never thought about before, you might come to the conclusion that it's a euphemism for abortion. It's not. The euphemism for that was “menstrual regulators,” meaning concoctions that caused an abortion. No, uterine exorcism was exactly what it sounds like. In the days before modern medicine, anything that ailed a woman could be blamed on her uterus. It was a mysterious organ that couldn't be explained, and many learned me...