Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amd!nsc!srm From: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Gyn/Ecology by Mary Daly Message-ID: <2443@nsc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 12:08:14 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.2443 Posted: Wed Mar 6 12:08:14 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 14:20:42 EST References: <249@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> <3299@umcp-cs.UUCP> <5077@utzoo.UUCP> <2389@nsc.UUCP> <700@ccice5.UUCP> <2408@nsc.UUCP> <296@mtxinu.UUCP> Reply-To: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian) Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 10 Summary: >Hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus, as I'm sure most all of us >know. However, the word means "removal of hysteria,"(!) which shows >how the practice originated. > Small quibble: it's the other way around. The Greek word for uterus is hustera; the modern label hysteria is derived from the ancient word for uterus. -- Richard Mateosian {allegra,cbosgd,decwrl,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!srm nsc!srm@decwrl.ARPA