Compare the 'philosophical' accounts of the differences between male and female in Aristotle(339) and Galen (351).
What is the womb like? Are there any differences in the ways that different writers represent the womb?
How are women patients represented in the medical writings? Read carefully 232, 343 (p 237), 348, 352.
What are ancient attitudes towards contraception and abortion? How do they differ from present-day attitudes?
In 349, Hysteria in virgins, what is the difference between treatment organized by women and that suggested by the Hippocratic writer?
What are the midwife and wetnurse like (356, 375, 380)? How does the representation of the midwife and wetnurse relate to more familiar representations of women?