- One of the most important physicians of antiquity
- He was born in Ephesus; the son of Menandrus and Karian Phoebe, probably in the 2nd half of the first century A.D
- He studied in Alexandria and moved to Rome where he practiced medicine
- He wrote about 20 books
- "Soranos' Gynecology" is consisted of 4 books. These books are addressed not only to physicians but also to midwives and non medical people
- He was citing the Hippocratic oath, rejecting all induced abortions
- Soranos prefered contraception, as safer, to the distruction of the embryo
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