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| Name: |
Agnodice | | Birth Date: |
c. 300 B.C. | | Nationality: |
Greek | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
physician |
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Biography of Agnodice
353 words, approx. 1 pages
 Agnodice (born ca. 300 BC) is credited with practicing medicine in ancient Greece, at a time when women were legally barred from that occupation. Some question the likelihood that she was an historical figure. Little is known about her life, other than...
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Biography of Agnodice
322 words, approx. 1 pages
 Agnodice was the first Greek woman licensed to practice medicine in ancient Athens. According to Hyginus, a Latin author of the A.D. first century, Agnodice was a Greek sage who lived five hundred years earlier in the republic of Athens, then a...


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Agnodice Summary
74 words, approx. 1 pages Third century A.D. Greek female physician who disguised herself as a man to practice medicine, an occupation prohibited to women. According to legend, Agnodice once attempted to assist a woman crying out in the pain of childbirth. Thinking Agnodice was...
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Agnodice Information
129 words, approx. 1 pages
 Agnodice in Greek legend was a virgin of Athens who disguised herself as a man in order to learn medicine from Herophilos. She learned to be a midwife from Herophilos and began to practice as such. She always revealed her femininity to her patients, but...


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