tailieunhanh - History of Ancient Egyptian Obstetrics & Gynecology: A Review

Despite the prominence of gender issues in the IADGs, effectiveness of development cooperation has not focussed enough on outcomes of gender equality and women’s rights in terms of either the inclusion of indicators tracking the focus of development cooperation on gender equality or the participation of women’s organisations in initiatives to hold actors to account. 2012 analysis conducted for the DCF shows that aid/partnership policies, targets and mutual accountability processes do not focus adequately on the gender impact of development cooperation. Gender- disaggregated data is the least performing indicator in this analysis. DCF analysis also highlighted the. | Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Research Scholars Research Library J. Microbiol. Biotech. Res. 2011 1 1 35-39 http scholarsresearchlibrary. com archive. html Scholars Research Library History of Ancient Egyptian Obstetrics Gynecology A Review Izharul Hasan Mohd Zulkifle . Sherwani Mohd Shakir Dept of Preventive and Social Medicine NIUM Bangalore ABSTRACT For its time the study and practice of medicine in Ancient Egypt was revolutionary. Primitive by today s standards physicians in Egypt nonetheless showed great initiative and impressive knowledge of the human body and its inner workings as well as the treatment of illness and disease. Surgical intervention was never recommended and the main treatment modalities provided by the swnw pronounced sounou physicians that did exist would be deemed bizarre by today s standards. Gynecological disorders such as uterine prolapse were treated with medications rather than by manipulation. It was thought that if the patient stood over a burning fire of ingredients her uterus would be magically forced back into its normal position. Excessive bleeding or menorrhagia was treated by remedies designed to draw out the blood of the woman - the rationale being that if you were to draw the blood out the bleeding would stop. Of particular concern to the Egyptians was the ability to predict whether or not a woman was capable of becoming pregnant. One method described that the likelihood of becoming pregnant was proportional to the number of times the woman vomited while sitting on a floor covered in beer mash. Another instructed the woman to place an onion bulb in her vagina overnight - if the odor of the onion could be smelled on the woman s breath by morning then she was considered fertile. Once pregnant numerous methods were then employed to predict the sex of the newborn. Key words Obstetrics Gynecology Menorrhagia INTRODUCTION The practice of obstetrics and gynecology as we know it today is carried out by a .