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Soranus' Gynecology
SoranusIncluding a section on infant care, Soranus' Gynecology represents ancient gynecological and obstetrical practice at its height. An introduction and notes by Temkin provide insight into the work's historical and scientific background.
The Hippocratic Corpus and Soranus of Ephesus: Discovering ...
Megan Michelle SlaughterThis thesis addresses what cultural influences and social circumstances shaped the works of the Hippocratic Corpus and Soranus's Gynecology.
Midwifery and the Medicalization of Childbirth: Comparative ...
Edwin R. Van TeijlingenMIDWIVES With the physician Soranus. who wrote in the early second century A.D., we find attitudes and beliefs about obstetrics more familiar to the modern world." Soranus begins his discussion of childbirth with a description of the good ...
Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the ...
John M. RiddleSoranus, Gynaecology, 1.65 wanted to destroy a fetus in the first thirty days to do just the opposite of the regime he had earlier prescribed to prevent miscarriages. First, there were the "aerobic" exercises: walking energetically, horseback ...
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