John A. Sampson

Endometriosis: a long-ignored disease, despite symptoms that can be traced back to ancient times

<figure><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/751798/original/file-20260402-57-vyfwyk.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&rect=0%2C166%2C1596%2C1064&q=45&auto=format&w=1050&h=700&fit=crop" /><figcaption><span class="caption">A rotogravure depicting hysterectomy surgery being performed in the 19th century at Paris’ Salpêtrière Hospital, a French institution for psychological disorders where women diagnosed with hysteria were typically sent for treatment (Source: Nezhat et al. 2012).</span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/pwbewjuu/images?id=hy22gjqm">Wellcome Collection</a>, <a class="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC BY</a></span></figcaption></figure><p>Intense pelvic pain, severely painful periods, infertility – these symptoms associated with <a href="https://news.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/news/endometriosis-great-unknown">endometriosis</a> already appeared in medical texts as f