Soranus of Ephesus

Soranus of Ephesus (also Soranus of Ephesus or Soran called; * in Ephesus ) was an ancient Greek physician who was active around 100 AD in Rome. He is considered an important representative of the vorgalenischen era of ancient medicine.

Soranus was the son of Meandros and Phoebe. He studied in Ephesus and Alexandria, before he became active in Rome under Trajan and Hadrian. He belonged to the school of methodologists and wrote several medical and popular works that are only partly preserved, among other things, women's diseases, reproductive health, chronic diseases, hygiene and surgery. Soranos extent of the anatomy in meaning, which distinguished him from the rigid methodologists. There still remain some further works, including biographical ( Hippocrates Vita), etymological ( on the body part nomenclature) and philosophical ( π. ψυχῆς, used by Tertullian in De anima ) fonts. In the 5th century to Caelius Aurelianus made ​​Latin translations of his works. Particularly noteworthy here are the three books on acute and 5 books on chronic diseases, as obtained with them the content of such lost writings Sorans remained and the Latin Middle Ages was available.