title: Women Physicians in Byzantium.
abstract: Women were allowed to practice the medical profession during the Byzantine Empire. The presence of female physicians was not an innovation of the Byzantine era but actually originated from ancient Greece and Rome. The studies and the training of women doctors were apparently equivalent to those of their male colleagues. The principal medical specialties of the female doctors were gynecology and midwifery. Byzantine legislation treated relatively equally both female and male doctors. For this reason, it can be assumed that the presence of female doctors was correlated with the position of women in Byzantine society. However, there is not sufficient information in the literature to clarify whether female and male doctors used to earn equal payment for the same service.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Attica "KAT", Athens, Greece.|Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), 9 Neapoleos Street, 151 23, Marousi, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Gkegkes
authors.affiliation: Gynaecological Oncology Department, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK.|Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), 9 Neapoleos Street, 151 23, Marousi, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iavazzo
authors.affiliation: Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), 9 Neapoleos Street, 151 23, Marousi, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Thalia A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Sardi
authors.affiliation: Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), 9 Neapoleos Street, 151 23, Marousi, Athens, Greece. m.falagas@aibs.gr.|Department of Medicine-Infectious Diseases, IASO General Hospital, Athens, Greece. m.falagas@aibs.gr.|Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. m.falagas@aibs.gr.
authors.forename: Matthew E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Falagas
mesh_terms: D018612:Byzantium; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008880:Midwifery / Q000266:history*; D010822:Physicians, Women