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The Great Obstetrician of Antiquity

Soranus, the Great Obstetrician of Antiquity, lived and worked in Roman territory in the second century CE. [Yes, his name is terribly unfortunate. Yet, let us remember that he and his contemporaries would have spoken Latin and Greek. So it may have been a very pleasing name. Let us hope so, for his patients' sakes.] [...]

What Ophelia Was REALLY Saying

The ancient Greeks were big on the idea of regulating the size of the family, for the good of the state. Plato designed not one but two societies which carefully regulated not only who should produce progeny with whom, but during what years, with how much excitement, and which progeny should be allowed to survive. [...]