Gynaecology in Syriac Sources: Theory and Practice

Gynaecology in Syriac Sources: Theory and PracticeAncient Cultures of Sciences and Knowledge 2Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/57HRWIC6/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.SiamBhayroGynaecology in Syriac Sources: Theory and Practicehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/57HRWIC6https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/57HRWIC6https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/57HRWIC6LennartLehmhausFemale Bodies and Female Practitioners: Gynaecology, Women’s Bodies, and Expertise in the Ancient to Medieval Mediterranean and Middle EastTübingenMohr Siebeck2023175-192Ancient Cultures of Sciences and Knowledge 2In this contribution, I divide the discussion of Syriac gynaecological sources into two groups. The first group mostly consists of no-longer extant theoretical texts, including the Syriac translations of Galen’s De Semine, De Foetuum Formatione, De Uteri Dissectione and De Propriis Placitis, the Syriac translation of the pseudo-Galenic In Hippocratis De Foetus Natura Librum Commentarius, and the Syriac reception of Paul of Aegina. The second group consists of extant references in the surviving lists of simples, in both Syriac and Judaeo-Syriac, and in the medical recipes preserved in the Syriac Book of Medicines. Bhayro, Siam. “Gynaecology in Syriac Sources: Theory and Practice.” In Female Bodies and Female Practitioners: Gynaecology, Women’s Bodies, and Expertise in the Ancient to Medieval Mediterranean and Middle East, edited by Lennart Lehmhaus, 175–92. Ancient Cultures of Sciences and Knowledge 2. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023. Siam Bhayro, Gynaecology in Syriac Sources: Theory and Practice, in Female Bodies and Female Practitioners: Gynaecology, Women’s Bodies, and Expertise in the Ancient to Medieval Mediterranean and Middle East, ed. Lennart Lehmhaus, Ancient Cultures of Sciences and Knowledge 2 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023), 175–92.