The roots of Western medicine, Hellenistic P4

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Hellenistic 

Another influential physician of the 2nd century ce was Soranus of Ephesus, who wrote authoritatively on childbirth, infant care, and women’s diseases. An opponent of abortion, he advocated numerous means of contraception. He also described how to assist a difficult delivery by turning the fetus in the uterus (podalic version), a life-saving technique that was subsequently lost sight of until it was revived in the 16th century.

Although the contribution of Rome to the practice of medicine was negligible compared with that of Greece, in matters of public health the Romans set the world a great example. The city of Rome had an unrivaled water supply. Gymnasiums and public baths were provided, and there was even domestic sanitation and adequate disposal of sewage. The army had its medical officers, public physicians were appointed to attend the poor, and hospitals were built; a Roman hospital excavated near Düsseldorf, Germany, was found to be strikingly modern in design.

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