MaryJane
Extraordinary Machine
Just wanted to start a second thread so we look a bit cooler than we actually are!
So, I know Jamie is doing this with me - are you Anne?
We're supposed to read up to Chapter 4 for first week, but its all such boring introductory crap. Its easy to read, but its almost too easy, like you're not really learning much.
So far I know that the word "hysteria" comes from the Egyptian word for uterus (hysteron), and they thought that hysteria was caused by the uterus moving from the vaginal area to other parts of the female body. The treatment was marriage (!) or fumigation of the vagina, so the uterus would return to the correct area of the body... It also explains why they thought that hysteria was a female disorder until the 1970s'...
Ta da!
So, I know Jamie is doing this with me - are you Anne?
We're supposed to read up to Chapter 4 for first week, but its all such boring introductory crap. Its easy to read, but its almost too easy, like you're not really learning much.
So far I know that the word "hysteria" comes from the Egyptian word for uterus (hysteron), and they thought that hysteria was caused by the uterus moving from the vaginal area to other parts of the female body. The treatment was marriage (!) or fumigation of the vagina, so the uterus would return to the correct area of the body... It also explains why they thought that hysteria was a female disorder until the 1970s'...
Ta da!