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During antiquity, there was no profession equal to that of our modern day nurse. No ancient medical sources discuss any sort of trained nursing personnel assisting doctors. However, many texts mention the use of slaves or members of a doctor's family as assistants. [9] The closest similarity to that of a nurse during antiquity was a midwife.
Agnodice (Greek: Ἀγνοδίκη, pronounced [aŋnodíkɛː]; c. 4th century BCE) is a legendary figure said to be the first female midwife or physician in ancient Athens. Her story, originally told by the Roman author Gaius Julius Hyginus in his Fabulae, has been used to illustrate issues surrounding women in medicine and midwifery. Agnodice ...
A decade later Thomas Yalden uses the tale for political propaganda in his Aesop at Court (1702). In his telling, the woman is despoiled by a whole team of doctors whom he likens to ministers in Parliament stealing English wealth to prosecute a foreign war. [6]
Originally, in ancient Greece, women were not allowed to become doctors, however, there are some accounts of female doctors who practiced medicine. One such account was that of the female doctor Agnodice. The validity of Agnodice’s story has been debated by scholars but according to legend, Agnodice was a woman in ancient Greece who disguised ...
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Joan Refshauge (1906–1979) was the first female doctor appointed to Papua New Guinea by the Australian government in 1947. [147] [148] Henriette Bùi Quang Chiêu (1906–2012) was the first female doctor in Vietnam. [149] [150] Sophie Redmond (1907–1955) became the first female doctor in Suriname after graduating from medical school in ...
Hospitalized women are less likely to die or be readmitted to the hospital if they are treated by female doctors, a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine found.. In the study ...
Although the positive impact was greater in female patients — particularly those who were severely ill — the research revealed that both men and women under the care of female doctors ...