“In cases of menorrhagia that resisted all other treatment, Racamier passed his curette into the uterine cavity and raked it out as thoroughly as possible.  But now we must first dilate the cervix, pass a finger into the cavity, ascertain precisely the seat of the fungoid growth, pass the curette by the side of the finger, and thus operate more understandingly.”   Marion Sims - Uterine Surgery 1858.