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Wandering Wombs: Greco-Roman Gynecology and Women’s Health
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In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Rebecca Flemming and talk about ancient gynecology, wandering wombs, and what agency, if any, women had over the healing of their bodies.
How did medical writers in Greece and Rome describe a woman’s anatomy and its inner workings? And how did those beliefs influence the treatments they prescribed?
Read transcript and episode show notes: https://www.womenwhowentbefore.com/episodes/wandering-wombs
Women Who Went Before is written, produced, and edited by Emily Chesley and Rebekah Haigh.
Podcast theme music is composed and produced by Moses Sun.
This podcast is sponsored by the Center for Culture, Society, and Religion, the Program in Judaic Studies, the Stanley J. Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, and the Committtee for the Study of Late Antiquity at Princeton University.
Views expressed on the podcast are solely those of the individuals, and do not represent Princeton University.
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