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Book SynopsisAn introduction and notes by Temkin provide insight into the work's historical and scientific background.
Trade ReviewIt is splendid news for all classicists, especially those interested in the history of women in antiquity that Owsei Temkin's translation of Soranus' Gynecology is back again in print... thanks are due to the Johns Hopkins Press for reissuing Dr. Temkin's translation in paperback. Today's students in Women in Antiquity classes will now have full access to this important evidence for women's daily lives in the early Empire. Women's Classical Caucus Newsletter Temkin draws upon his experiences as a physician to supplement Soranus's vague descriptions of medicines. The translation avoids modern medical terminology, keeping close to the original Greek. Religious Studies Review
Table of ContentsPreface
Contents
List of Illustrations
Bibliographical Abbreviations
Introduction
Book I. Into How Many and What Sections the Doctrine of Gyneology Ought to Be Divided
Book II.
On the Care of the Newborn
Book III. Whether Women Have Conditions Peculiarly Their Own.
Book IV.
Ancient names
Materia Medica
Index of Personal Names and Subjects
