Soranus' GynecologyIncluding a section on infant care, Soranus' Gynecology represents ancient gynecological and obstetrical practice at its height. An introduction and notes by Temkin provide insight into the work's historical and scientific background. |
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Table des matières
| xvii | |
| xxx | |
| 1 | |
| 42 | |
| 44 | |
| 45 | |
| 49 | |
What Is the Care from the Pica till Parturition? | 54 |
How to Cleanse | 82 |
How to Swaddle | 84 |
On Laying the Newborn Down | 87 |
On Food | 88 |
On the Selection of a Wet Nurse | 90 |
On Testing the Milk | 94 |
How to Conduct the Regimen of the Nurse | 97 |
What One Should Do if the Milk Stops or Becomes Spoiled or Thick or Thin | 101 |
What Grows inside the Uterus of the Pregnant Woman? | 58 |
What Are the Signs of Impending Abortion? | 61 |
Whether One Ought to Make Use of Abortives and Con traceptives and How? | 62 |
bOOK II | 69 |
What Must One Prepare for Labor? | 70 |
hi What Must One Do in Delivery ? | 72 |
What Is the Care of the Woman after Labor? missing | 76 |
On the Intumescence of the Breasts | 77 |
On the Care of the Newborn | 79 |
How to Sever the Navel Cord | 80 |
On the Bath and Massage of the Newborn | 103 |
How and When to Give the Newborn the Breast | 108 |
On the Dropping off of the Umbilical Cord | 114 |
xxm On Inflammation of the Tonsils | 121 |
bOOK III | 128 |
book iv | 175 |
ANCIENT NAMES | 211 |
INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES AND SUbJECTS | 245 |
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Page 67 - Following the venesection one must shake her by means of draught animals (for now the shaking is more effective on the parts which previously have been relaxed) and one must use softening vaginal suppositories. But if a woman reacts unfavorably to venesection and is languid, one must first relax the parts by means of sitz baths, full baths, softening vaginal suppositories, by keeping her on water and limited food, and by means of aperients and the application of a softening clyster; afterwards one...
Page xxxix - At the most she should have had milk for two or three months. For very early milk, as we have said, is thick of particles and is hard to digest, while late milk is not nutritious, and is thin. But some people say that a woman who is going to feed a male must have given birth to a male...
Page 64 - Cimolian earth, root of panax, equal quantities, rub with water separately and together, and when sticky apply in like manner. Or: Grind the inside of fresh pomegranate peel with water, and apply. Or: Grind two parts of pomegranate peel and one part of oak galls, form small suppositories and insert after the cessation of menstruation. Or: Moist alum, the inside of pomegranate rind, mix with water, and apply with wool. Or: Of unripe oak galls, of the inside of pomegranate peel, of ginger...
Page 67 - ... 65. For a woman who intends to have an abortion, it is necessary for two or even three days beforehand to take protracted baths, little food and to use softening vaginal suppositories; also to abstain from wine; then to be bled and a relatively great quantity taken away. For the dictum of Hippocrates in the Aphorisms, even if not true in a case of constriction, is yet true of a healthy woman: 'A pregnant woman if bled, miscarries.
Page 115 - When the infant attempts to sit and to stand, one should help it in its movements. For if it is eager to sit up too early and for too long a period it usually becomes hunchbacked (the spine bending because the little body has as yet no strength). If, moreover, it is too prone to stand up and desirous of walking, the legs may become distorted in the region of the thighs.
Page 5 - ... disciplined and always sober, since it is uncertain when she may be summoned to those in danger. She will have a quiet disposition, for she will have to share many secrets of life. She must not be greedy for money, lest she give an abortive wickedly for payment; she will be free from superstition so as not to overlook salutary measures on account of a dream or omen or some customary rite or vulgar superstition.
Page 62 - And an expulsive some people say is synonymous with an abortive; others, however, say that there is a difference because an expulsive does not mean drugs but shaking and leaping ... For this reason they say that Hippocrates, although prohibiting abortives, yet in his book 'On the Nature of the...
Page 32 - ... to be fit for conception, if they are not mannish, compact, and oversturdy, or too flabby and very moist. Since the uterus is similar to the whole [body], it will in these cases either be unable, on account of its pronounced hardness, easily to accept the attachment of the seed, or by reason of its extreme laxity and atony [let it fall again] . Furthermore they seem fit if their uteri are neither very moist or dry, nor too lax or constricted, and if they have their catharsis regularly, not through...
Page 65 - ... galls, form small suppositories and insert after the cessation of menstruation. Or: Moist alum, the inside of pomegranate rind, mix with water, and apply with wool. Or: Of unripe oak galls, of the inside of pomegranate peel, of ginger, of each 2 drachms, mould it with wine to the size of vetch peas and dry indoors and give before coitus, to be applied as a vaginal suppository. Or: Grind the flesh of dried figs and apply together with natron. Or: Apply pomegranate peel with an equal amount of...
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Soranus' Gynecology ACLS Humanities E-Book Ancient studies Volume 3 de Publications of the Institute of the History of Medicine / The Johns Hopkins University. Series 2, Texts and documents Softshell books |
| Auteurs | Soranus, Owsei Temkin |
| Rédacteur | Owsei Temkin |
| Traduit par | Owsei Temkin |
| Collaborateur | Owsei Temkin |
| Édition | illustrée, réimprimée |
| Éditeur | JHU Press, 1956 |
| ISBN | 0801843200, 9780801843204 |
| Longueur | 258 pages |
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