Soranus' GynecologySoranus 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. |
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Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | xvii |
INTRODUCTION | xxiii |
SORANUS GYNECOLOGY | xxx |
BOOK I | 3 |
BOOK II | 69 |
On the Care of the Newborn | 79 |
How One Should Make the Infant Sit Up and Endeavor to Walk | 115 |
When and How to Wean the Infant | 117 |
On Soft Swelling of the Uterus | 157 |
On Scirrhus and Sclerotic Changes in the Uterus | 158 |
On Hemorrhage of the Uterus | 161 |
On the Flux of Women | 165 |
On the Flux of Semen | 168 |
On Atony of the Uterus | 170 |
On Paralysis of the Uterus | 172 |
XV | 173 |
On Teething | 119 |
On Inflammation of the Tonsils | 121 |
On Exanthemata and Itching | 122 |
On Wheezing and Coughing | 124 |
On Flux of the Bowels | 125 |
BOOK III | 128 |
On the Retention of the Menstrual Flux and on Difficult and Painful Menstruation | 132 |
On Inflammation of the Uterus | 143 |
On Satyriasis | 148 |
On Hysterical Suffocation | 149 |
On Tension of the Uterus missing | 154 |
On Air in the Uterus | 155 |
On Sterility and Barrenness missing | 174 |
BOOK IV | 175 |
How to diagnose the causes of difficult labor | 183 |
How in General to Treat Difficult Labor and the Detailed Care of Difficult Labor | 184 |
On Extraction by Hooks and Embryotomy | 189 |
On Retention of the Secundines | 196 |
On Abscesses in the Female Genitals missing VI On Ulcers of the Uterus missing VII On Cancers in the Uterus missing VIII On Fistulas in the Uteru... | 200 |
On Phimosis of the Uterus missing XVII On Atresia missing XVIII On the Use of the Speculum missing | 207 |
ANCIENT NAMES | 211 |
MATERIA MEDICA | 215 |
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| Title | Soranus' Gynecology ACLS Humanities E-Book Softshell books |
| Author | Soranus |
| Editors | Nicholson Joseph Eastman, Ludwig Edelstein, Alan Frank Guttmacher |
| Translated by | Owsei Temkin, Nicholson Joseph Eastman, Ludwig Edelstein, Alan Frank Guttmacher |
| Contributor | Owsei Temkin |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | JHU Press, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0801843200, 9780801843204 |
| Length | 258 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General Medical / Gynecology & Obstetrics Medical / History |
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