[Gynecology and obstetrics of the Song Dynasty].

There are great gynecological achievements in the Song Dynasty, featuring the establishment of a discipline on obstetrics with an obstetrical professor who specialized in the training of students in gynecology and obstetrics and pushed forward the development of these departments; the appearance of obstetricians and gynecologists as well as relevant monographs; accomplishment of basic theories, and technical know-how on diagnosis and therapy. By then, obstetrics and gynecology were developed into an independent discipline.