title: [History of pelvic prolapse].
abstract: The history of pelvic prolapse back to the era of the pharaohs, about 1500 years before Christ. Hippocrates practiced succussion. Grenades, pieces of soaked linen were used as pessaries.Over the centuries, the eolution in understanding of this female pathology led to different treatment modalities, some of which we can currently seem strange.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ziouziou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zizi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bennani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karmouni
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El Khader
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koutani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iben Attya Andaloussi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D010570:Pessaries / Q000266:history; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000266:history*