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De arte obstetricia morbisque mulierum quae supersunt. Ex apographo Friderici Reinholdi Dietz, nuper fato perfuncti primum edita.

Publication Details

Königsberg: Graefe et Unzer, 1838 CE.

Greek editio princeps of Soranus, based on manuscripts Dietz discovered in Paris and Rome, and published after the early death of the editor. Soranus was the leading authority on the gynecology and obstetrics of antiquity. He recognized atresia of the vagina as being congenital or acquired from inflammation. He packed the uterus for hemorrhage and performed hysterectomy for prolapse. He described podalic version. Soranus also included full instructions on the care and management of infants.Translated into English, with an introduction by Oswei Temkin, with the assitance of Nicholson J. Eastman, Ludwig Edelstein, and Alan F. Guttmacher as Soranus' Gynaecology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1956. Digital facsimile of the 1838 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.

 

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Entry Number#6008
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7178
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLde-arte-obstetricia-morbisque-mulierum-quae-supersunt

Geographic Context

Publication place: Königsberg

Mentioned in annotation: Baltimore, MD; Paris; Rome