Queen Cleopatra and the other 'Cleopatras': their medical legacy.
Gregory Tsoucalas;
Antonis A Kousoulis
;
Effie Poulakou-Rebelakou;
Marianna Karamanou;
Maria Papagrigoriou-Theodoridou;
George Androutsos;
(2013)
Queen Cleopatra and the other 'Cleopatras': their medical legacy.
Journal of medical biography, 22 (2).
pp. 115-121.
ISSN 0967-7720
DOI: 10.1177/0967772013480602
Cleopatra is a female figure widespread in Greece (especially in Macedonian territory), Egypt and Syria during the Hellenistic era. Ancient women doctors bearing the name Cleopatra have been identified by a systematic search through the ancient Greek, Latin and Egyptian bibliography, including original resources from the first century BC. Fictional and non-fictional figures have been distinguished and their works identified. Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, Galen's physician assistant, the outcast Metrodora, Cleopatra the Alchemist and Cleopatra the Gynaecologist deliver a story of medicine and name-giving that confuses researchers of the past and intrigues those of the present.
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8763-3358