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Prehistoric gatherer women discovered and used the healing properties of plants. In Egypt, in 3000 BC, there were already female physicians or surgeons, and by 1500 BC, the schools of Sais and Heliopolis were open to women like Zipporah and Queen Hatshepsut. In Mesopotamia, women healers were very important. In the Greek cities there were also female physicians and surgeons, but their role was gradually restricted to that of midwives. Popular medicine also stood out: one of the first herbalists was Artemisia II of Caria. In Athens, in the 4th century BC, women were prevented from practicing medicine, accusing them of performing abortions; in this context the figure of Agnodice appeared. In Rome, there were many female physicians who also wrote treatises, such as Elephantis, Laïs, Olympias of Thebes, Antiochis and Metrodora. The texts on gynaecology and obstetrics by Cleopatra and Aspasia, which were the most important until the work of Trotula in the 11th century, stand out. 

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