Soranus' Gynecology / Edition 1

by Soranus, Owsei Temkin

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801843204
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	08/01/1991
Series:	Softshell Books
Edition description:	Softshell Books ed
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Preface
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

Editorial Reviews

It 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

From the Publisher

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

It 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

A paperback reprint of the long out of print 1956 Johns Hopkins U. Press edition of Temkin's translation of the second century A.D. Greek text. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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