Soranus' Gynecology

Soranus was one of the most learned and lucid medical qriters of antiquity. Among his admirers was St. Augustine, who called him pre-eminent author of medicine. He was a leading medical figure of the early second century A.D., and of his writings preserved in Greek the Gynecology is the most important and most revealing of his thought. Including a section on infant care, Soranus' Gynecology represents ancient gynecological and obstetrical practice at its height. Many of its teachings were to remain part of medical practive as late as the sixteenth century.

Soranus is regarded as the outstanding representative of a school of ancient medicine knoen as the methodist sect, which rivaled the more ancient dogmatic and empirical sects. The methodists rejected both etiological research and mere experience, concentrating instead on a study of the phenomena of diseases themselves. Long out of print, this first English translation of the authoritative Greek text of the Gynecology is now available in a paperback edition. An introduction and notes provide insight into the work's historical and scientific background.

Author: Soranus
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 08/01/1991
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.60w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780801843204

About the Author
Temkin, Owsei: - Owsei Temkin, M.D. (1902-2002), was William H. Welch Professor of the History of Medicine and director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology, Soranus' Gynecology (translation), and Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians.

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