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Locating Roman doctors

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<img title="Women's Legacy logo" src="//inclusion.womenslegacyproject.eu/images/LogoWL.svg" /><hr />Locate on these ancient maps the cities where the main medical schools were located and the cities from which some of the Roman female doctors came. Find information about some of them.
1.- Mark the main medical schools on the map, writing down the number next to each square.&nbsp;
1. Abdera, 2. Agrigento, 3. Alexandria, 4. Athens, 5. Cyrene, 6. Knidos, 7. Corinth, 8. &nbsp;Kos, 9. Crotone, 10. Ephesus, 11. İzmir, 12. Miletus, 13. Rhodes, 14. Syracuse.&nbsp;
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2.- Write on the map the place of origin of the Roman doctors, in the cases in which there is news. Write the name next to each circle.
Elephantis, Lais, Olympias of Thebes, Salpe of Lemnos, Sotila Aquilia, Origenia, Eugerasia, Secundilla, Antioqu&iacute;s de Tlos, Cleopatra, Aspasia and Metrodora. Many names also appear in funerary inscriptions: Metilia Donata at Lugdunum, Asyllia Polla at Carthago, Nevia Clara at Rome, Scantia Redempta at Capua, and Iulia Saturnina at Emerita Augusta.&nbsp;
- What other important women were called Aspasia and Cleopatra and in what fields did they stand out?
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3.- Make a brief review of Metrodora, the doctor who wrote a treatise on women's diseases.
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Observacions i context

Women gatherers in prehistoric times discovered and applied the healing properties of plants. In Egypt, before 3000 BC, there were already female physicians or surgeons, and by 1500 BC, the schools of Sais and Heliopolis were open to women like Sephora and Queen Hatsepshut. In Mesopotamia, healers were very important and in Greek cities there were female doctors and surgeons, but their role was 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. The figure of Agnodica appeared in this context. In Rome, there were many female physicians who also wrote treatises, such as Elephantis, Lais, Olympias of Thebes, Antiochis and Metrodora. Among the women who wrote about gynaecology and obstetrics, the texts of Cleopatra and Aspasia were the most important until the work of Trotula in the 11th century.

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Location on two maps of the main medical schools of Antiquity and the place of origin, if known, of the female Roman doctors. Search for information about Metrodora.

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