Including 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.--publisher Description. Book I -- Into How Many And What Sections The Doctrine Of Gynecology Ought To Be Divided -- I. What Persons Are Fit To Become Midwives? -- Ii. Who Are The Best Midwives? -- Iii. What Is The Nature Of The Uterus And Of The Vagina? -- Iv. On The Catharsis Of The Menses -- V. What Are The Signs Of Approaching Menstruation? -- Vi. Whether Catharsis Of The Menses Fulfills A Helpful Purpose -- Vii. Whether Permanent Virginity Is Healthful -- Viii. Up To What Time Females Should Be Kept Virgins -- Ix. How To Recognize Those Capable Of Conception -- X. What Is The Best Time For Fruitful Intercourse? -- Xi. Whether Conception Is Healthful -- Xii. What Are The Signs Of Conception? -- Xiii. What Are The Signs, According To The Ancients, Whether The Fetus Is Male Or Female? -- Xiv. What Care Should Be Given Pregnant Women? -- Xv. On Pica (kissa) -- Xvi. What Is The Care From The Pica Till Parturition? -- Xvii. What Grows Inside The Uterus Of The Pregnant Woman? --^ Xviii. What Are The Signs Of Impending Abortion? -- Xix. Whether One Ought To Make Use Of Abortives And Contraceptives And How? -- Book Ii -- I. What Signs Precede Imminent Normal Parturition? -- Ii. What Must One Prepare For Labor? -- Iii. What Must One Do In Delivery? -- Iv. What Is The Care Of The Woman After Labor? -- V. On The Intumescence Of The Breasts -- On The Care Of The Newborn -- Vi. How To Recognize The Newborn That Is Worth Rearing -- Vii. How To Sever The Navel Cord -- Viii. How To Cleanse -- Ix. How To Swaddle -- X. On Laying The Newborn Down -- Xi. On Food -- Xii. On The Selection Of A Wet Nurse -- Xiii. On Testing The Milk -- Xiv. How To Conduct The Regimen Of The Nurse -- Xv. What One Should Do If The Milk Stops, Or Becomes Spoiled Or Thick Or Thin -- Xvi. On The Bath And Massage Of The Newborn -- Xvii. How And When To Give The Newborn The Breast -- Xviii. On The Dropping Off Of The Umbilical Cord -- Xix. When And How To Unswaddle The Child --^ Xx. How One Should Make The Infant Sit Up And Endeavor To Walk -- Xxi. When And How To Wean The Infant -- Xxii. On Teething -- Xxiii. On Inflammation Of The Tonsils -- Xxiv. On Thrush -- Xxv. On Exanthemata And Itching -- Xxvi. On Wheezing And Coughing -- Xxvii. On Siriasis (seiriasis) -- Xxviii. On Flux Of The Bowels -- Book Iii -- Whether Women Have Conditions Peculiarly Their Own -- I. On The Retention Of The Menstrual Flux And On Difficult And Painful Menstruation -- Ii. On Inflammation Of The Uterus -- Iii. On Satyriasis -- Iv. On Hysterical Suffocation -- V. On Tension Of The Uterus -- Vi. On Air In The Uterus -- Vii. On Soft Swelling Of The Uterus -- Viii. On Scirrhus And Sclerotic Changes In The Uterus -- Ix. On The Mole (myle) -- X. On Hemorrhage Of The Uterus -- Xi. On The Flux Of Women -- Xii. On The Flux Of Semen -- Xiii. On Atony Of The Uterus -- Xiv. On Paralysis Of The Uterus -- Xv. On Flexion, Bending, And Ascent Of The Uterus -- Xvi. On Sterility And Barrenness --^ Book Iv -- I. On Difficult Labor [what Is Difficult Labor? -- What Are The Causes Of Difficult Labor, And In How Many Ways Does Difficult Labor Occur In Those Who Give Birth In A Way Which Is Contrary To Nature? -- How To Diagnose The Causes Of Difficult Labor] -- Ii. How In General To Treat Difficult Labor, And The Detailed Care Of Difficult Labor -- Iii. On Extraction By Hooks And Embryotomy -- Iv. On Retention Of The Secundines -- V. On Abscesses In The Female Genitals -- Vi. On Ulcers Of The Uterus -- Vii. On Cancers In The Uterus -- Viii. On Fistulas In The Uterus -- Ix. On Enlarged Clitoris -- X. On Cercosis -- Xi. On Warty Excrescences In The Female Genitals -- Xii. On Fissures -- Xiii. On Knobby Swellings -- Xiv. On Hemorrhoids In The Uterus -- Xv. On Proplapse Of The Uterus -- Xvi. On Phimosis Of The Uterus -- Xvii. On Atresia -- Xviii. On The Use Of The Speculum -- Ancient Names -- Materia Medica -- Index Of Personal Names And Subjects. Translated With An Introduction By Owsei Temkin ; With The Assistance Of Nicholson J. Eastman, Ludwig Edelstein, And Alan F. Guttmacher. Translation Of: Gynaecia. Originally Published: Baltimore : John Hopkins Press, C1956. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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