A presentation within

BabMed Seminar 2

Greek and Babylonian Medicine – A Comparative View
Winter Semester 2015/2016

Tuesday, 6-8 pm, Bibliothek TOPOI-Haus, Hittorfstraße 18, 14195 Berlin

Convened by Markham J. Geller/Principal Investigator BabMed
in cooperation with TOPOI Excellence Cluster, Freie Universität Dahlem

Giulia Ecca, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Ethical Rules for Obstetricians in the Early Imperial Time
In the present paper I shall examine the ethical rules addressed to ancient obstetricians as they are described in some Greek and Latin gynaecological texts of the Early Imperial Time. These rules provide us with an ideal picture of the obstetrician, which I will analyse in comparison with the ideal portrait of ancient physicians. I shall devote particular attention to the incipit of Soranus' Gynaecology and to other passages taken from different works by Galen.