You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Historical perspectives
Lamashtu, “she who erases”, touched her stomach seven times to kill the child
  1. F R W van de Goot,
  2. R L ten Berge
  1. Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands; frw.goot@vumc.nl

    Statistics from Altmetric.com

      Request Permissions

      If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

      Over the centuries, pregnancy has appeared to be a dangerous and often even lethal period of life, with many diseases threatening both mother and child. In modern times these diseases are often well recognised and may be adequately treated, with sufficient medical expertise and the appropriate political situation.1 In ancient Mesopotamia, the source of pregnancy and childbirth associated pathology was sought in demonology. One specific demon, …

      View Full Text