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Conversations: The Intersection of Magic & Medicine, Women as Medica in the Ancient World w/ Dr. Christie Vogler

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Women Practising Medicine

i was really trying to imagine, if there is a female medical practitioner in the space, what does her interactions with her patients look like? What is her relationship with them? And this was the first image i'd really sene that wasn't necessarily talking about women as a medical practitioner, but just women taking care of their children. So rarely are the goddesses, other than maybe demeter and persephone, really show caring for their children. I love how explicit it is, too, that it like this surgeon is calling on apollo as he would mingus. O my gasye. Absolutely want to hear about women practising medicine.

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