Sunday, December 19, 2010

Diagnosis of pregnancy: insight into the history of

Inquisitive mind of man for centuries struggled to solve this problem. For example, the ancient iudeek, ask the eternal question, forced to walk on the soft grass, and then studied the depth of their trail. Women of the tribe of Mao forced to chew rice with bamboo, then priests, and midwives carefully studied chewed mix, focusing especially on its smell. 


Egyptian and does baited infusion of herbs and milk bududuka gave birth to a boy a woman, and if the body rejects the cocktail - the pregnancy was considered proven.

Observation of the ancient Greeks, in particular, the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, allowed to establish more reliable signs - stop menstruation, breast tenderness and some discoloration of the skin. Just something worth to talk to women and science has discovered hitherto unknown truths that pregnant women begin vomiting, they have altered taste preferences, down to the rejection of certain foods, mostly meat. There is an overwhelming desire to eat something like lime or chalk. The fairer sex become irritable and aggressive. Alas, but the aggregate of all these signs was often not enough.

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