Pregnancy tests since ancient times: Egypt

Throughout history there have been really curious tests to detect if a woman was pregnant or not.If we already told you about the existence of an fertility idol in Almargen that seems to work in many couples who are looking for a child now , this time following the thread of this topic, we present some home tests to detect pregnancy that were practiced in very remote times.

The writings and tests in Ancient Egypt

The oldest writing known about pregnancy tests is the so-called Lahun Papirus (1850 BC) known by some, erroneously, as Kahun in which nothing more and nothing less than 17 are described.forecasts about obstetrics (pregnancy).

The Spell of Goddess Hathor and the testing of wheat and barley

In a papyrus more than 3500 years old there is a really curious test that appeals to Goddess Hathor, deity of the maternida d and fertility.While invoking this goddess, the woman had to urinate for several days on 2 canvas bags stuffed with wheat and barley mixed with salt ; if they germinated the woman was pregnant.

Pregnancy tests since ancient times: Egypt

Hathor

Also, you could tell if the baby's sex.If the wheat germinated the woman would have a girl and if the barley germinated a child.Of what nothing is said it was if both seeds germinated s, would they be twins? Girl and boy? In 1963 the effectiveness of this test was tested in laboratories and showed that it had a reliability of 35% .The scientific basis is in the estrogens present in the woman's urine pregnant.interesting! Right?

The beer test in Ancient Egypt

The Ancient Egyptians had another test that consisted of telling the times a woman was vomiting before a mixture she drank based on beer and dates .If she did it frequently, she was pregnant.

If your face turns green

This "law" said that if you squeeze your arms and hold your fingers, the woman's face would turn greenish or I felt beats in my hands, I was pregnant.

The onion test

This method is already in the Carlsberg papyrus and the Greeks continued to practice it.In fact, Hippocrates the father of medicine suggested that women introduce a onion or other vegetable that had a strong smell in the vagina .

Pregnancy tests since ancient times: Egypt

If the next day your breath smelled like onion was that you were not pregnant.The explanation was that the belly closes if you are pregnant.

The watermelon test

In the Berlin papyrus (1350 BC) it is said that If the possible pregnant woman was given a piece of watermelon mixed with milk from a newly born woman and vomited, it was on tape.

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