How old is endometriosis? Late 17th- and 18th-century European descriptions of the disease

Knapp VJ

doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00196-x

How old is endometriosis? Late 17th- and 18th-century European descriptions of the disease

Knapp VJ, 1999

Fertility and Sterility, 72(1), 10-14

DOI 10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00196-x PMID 10428141

Abstract

DESIGN OF THE PROJECT: This study is the result of a detailed examination of numerous historical documents as well as several contemporary works describing endometriosis. The historic texts are housed in the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, and had not been unearthed previously. Those primary sources date from 1690 to 1797 and repeatedly describe the organic damage and constitutional symptoms currently identified with endometriosis. The biologic research for this study was done during 1997 and 1998 in the Pathology Department of the Canton-Potsdam Hospital located in Potsdam, New York.

CONCLUSION(S): Endometriosis was described in European history approximately 300 years ago.

Topics

Endometriosis > History > Historical Descriptions Research Methodology > Historical Analysis > Medical History

endometriosis history 17th 18th century European descriptions, Knapp historical documents endometriosis disease origins, history of endometriosis earliest clinical descriptions, endometriosis constitutional symptoms historical texts, National Library of Medicine historical endometriosis records, endometriosis organic damage historical pathology descriptions, how old is endometriosis historical medical literature, endometriosis diagnosis history 1690 primary sources

PMID 10428141 10428141 DOI 10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00196-x 10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00196-x

Cite this article

Knapp, V. J. (1999). How old is endometriosis? Late 17th- and 18th-century European descriptions of the disease. *Fertility and sterility*, *72*(1), 10-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00196-x

Keywords

Endometriosis/complications/history/pathology, Europe, Female, History, 17th Century, History, 18th Century, Humans, Ovarian Cysts/complications/history/pathology, Pain/etiology

How old is endometriosis? Late 17th- and 18th-century European descriptions of the disease

Abstract

Topics

Cite this article

Keywords

Related articles

Neonatal characteristics of children conceived with in vitro fertilization or intrauterine insemination compared with sibling births from unassisted conceptions

Disordered eating behaviors during adolescence and risk of endometriosis: a prospective cohort study

"Reply of the authors: ""Response to ""The illusion of reproductive choice: how restorative reproductive medicine violates informed consent for infertility treatment"""""

Reply of the authors: "Response to "The illusion of reproductive choice: how restorative reproductive medicine violates reproductive autonomy and informed consent"" by Frank-Herrmann et al