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probably formed one of the collections of medical biographies by
Soranus referred to in the Suda, and is valuable as the only authority for the life of the great physician, with the exception of articles in the Suda and in
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Besides these works, Soranus was the author of several others, of which only the titles and some fragments have been preserved. Galen mentions two works on
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Drabkin, M F; Drabkin I E (1951). "Caelius
Aurelianus Gynaecia, fragments of a Latin version of Soranus' Gynaecia from a thirteenth century manuscript".
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quotes from several other works, and
Soranus himself refers to many additional works which have not survived.
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calls him "Medicinae auctor nobilissimus," and
Tertullian, "Methodicae Medicinae instructissimus auctor."
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Gerdtz, J (May 1994). "Mental illness and the Roman physician: the legacy of
Soranus of Ephesus".
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Gynaeciorum libri IV, De signis fracturarum, De fasciis, Vita Hippocratis secundum Soranum
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for the purpose of treating some skin diseases, which were very prevalent there at the time.
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of medicine. Several of his writings still survive, most notably his four-volume treatise on
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574:(1951). "Soranus and his system of medicine".
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166:On Acute and Chronic Diseases
71:On Acute and Chronic Diseases
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1283:1st-century Greek physicians
482:Journal of Medical Biography
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471:Encyclopædia Britannica
419:Paulus Aegineta, iv. 59
113:; and he was dead when
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869:Aulus Cornelius Celsus
552:Bull. Acad. Natl. Med.
182:Stephanus of Byzantium
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308:Marcellus Empiricus,
158:On Signs of Fractures
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994:Athenaeus of Attalia
979:Thessalus of Tralles
849:Pedanius Dioscorides
720:, and Yves Malinas,
347:Caelius Aurelianus,
57:and subsequently in
919:Marcellus Empiricus
742:Soranus' Gynecology
734:English translation
722:Maladies des femmes
718:Danielle Gourevitch
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534:10.1176/ps.45.5.485
381:, cc. 8, 15, 25, 44
172:(5th century). The
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1288:2nd-century deaths
1278:1st-century births
1044:Medical literature
959:Serenus Sammonicus
944:Criton of Heraclea
924:Caelius Aurelianus
854:Soranus of Ephesus
709:4, Berlin, 1927. (
203:Caelius Aurelianus
170:Caelius Aurelianus
119:De Methodo Medendi
29:Soranus of Ephesus
26:
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1265:
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1065:De materia medica
1014:Scribonius Largus
954:Marcellus of Side
889:Antiochis of Tlos
678:, no. 187, 1979,
93:in the reigns of
53:but practiced in
49:. He was born in
38:Σωρανός ὁ Ἑφέσιος
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223:Guinea worm
176:Hippocrates
162:On Bandages
142:Gynaecology
1272:Categories
1004:Damocrates
884:Philonides
841:Physicians
694:Greek text
442:References
325:, ii. 1870
207:Tertullian
121:, c. 178.
103:Archigenes
87:Alexandria
67:gynecology
55:Alexandria
1098:Archiater
1034:Herodotus
874:Oribasius
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489:(1): 51.
368:, passim.
364:Soranus,
321:V. Rose,
273:ii. 2. 55
227:Augustine
130:Aquitania
1256:Category
1201:Religion
1176:Humorism
1153:Theories
984:Albucius
939:Antyllus
821:Speculum
728:, 1988-.
613:14886684
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432:Iulianum
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392:De Anima
379:De Anima
233:See also
211:De Anima
199:Pharmacy
174:Life of
107:Heraclea
1224:Plagues
1214:Vejovis
1024:Eudemus
831:Strigil
672:, ed.,
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297:Introd.
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258:Soranos
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33:Greek
760:2013
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271:Aët.
269:ap.
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