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.
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Greek and Roman Medicine, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Ancient History, Early works to 1800, General Surgery, Gynaecology, Gynécologie, History, Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Medicine, Medicine, greek and roman, Médecine grecque et romaine, SurgeryPlaces
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- OLID: OL767074A
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Alternative names
- Soranus of Ephesus
- OF EPHESUS SORANUS
- Soranus
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