Phanostrate, Metrodora, Lais and the Others. Women in the Medical Profession.

Authors

  • Valentina Gazzaniga Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy.

Keywords:

Medical profession, women , Obstetrics , Medical schools

Abstract

This article offers a historical view of the women in the medical profession from the Homeric epics to Soranus and Galen until the early Middle Ages, in both the Eastern and Western Mediterranean areas. Recent important medical-historical papers well claify the contribution of women in health care in both the Greek and the Roman world.        

Downloads

Published

1997-06-01

Issue

Section

Articles