Bright, Morris and Wilhelm, Edgardo (2012) Gynaecology and female genital procedures. College Publishing House, Delhi, India. ISBN 9788132313960
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Abstract
Gynaecology or gynecology, from the Greek, gynaika (yuvaika) meaning woman, is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system (uterus, vagina, and ovaries). Literally, outside medicine, it means "the science of women". It is the counterpart to andrology, which deals with medical issues specific to the male reproductive system. The historic taboo associated with the examination of female genitalia has long inhibited the science of gynaecology. This 1822 drawing by Jacques-Pierre Maygnier shows a "compromise" procedure, in which the physician is kneeling before the woman but cannot see her genitalia. Modern gynecology has shed these inhibitions. Almost all modern gynecologists are also obstetricians. In many areas, the specialties of gynecology and obstetrics overlap. Gynecology has been considered to end at 28 weeks' gestation, but practically there is no clear cut-off. Since 1st October 1992, this cut-off may be considered to occur at 24 weeks gestation in the United States, since the law and definition of abortion changed to bring it closer to the gestation at which a foetus becomes viable.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Divisions: | Electronic Books |
| Depositing User: | Esam @ Hisham Muhammad |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2023 01:01 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2023 01:01 |
| URI: | http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3765 |
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