A Greek physician from Ephesus. He practiced in Alexandria and subsequently in Rome, and was one of the chief representatives of the Methodic school of medicine. Several of his writings still survive, most notably his four-volume treatise on gynaecology, and a Latin translation of his On Acute and Chronic Diseases.
1st/2nd century AD Greek physician
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1st/2nd century AD Greek physician
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- OLID: OL767074A
- ISNI: 0000000120238604
- Library of Congress Names: n83122548
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV082916
- VIAF: 35828235
- Wikidata: Q446595
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q446595
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Alternative names
- Soranus of Ephesus
- OF EPHESUS SORANUS
- Soranus
- Soranos d'Ephese
- Soranus, of Ephesus, fl. 93-138
- Soranus (of Ephesus)
- Of Ephesus Soranus
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