Doctors In Medieval Medecine Topic Flashcards
Who was Abulcasis?
He was a Muslim surgeon, considered the father of modern surgery. He invented 26 new surgical instruments, and described many new procedures, such as blood ligatures. He also made cauterisation popular.
He was the inspiration for many future doctors such as Guy De Ghauliac, who has quoted his work more than 200 times.
Who was Roger Frugardi?
An Italian doctor. The wrote a textbook in surgery called the paradise of surgery, which was widely accepted and used in Europe for 200 years. He warned against procedures such as trepanning, and would often attempt ambitious operations on the chest and attempted to remove bladder stones.
Hugh and Theodoric of Lucca.
The fatter and son duo worked at Bologna university, Italy. In 1267, they wrote a book criticising the common view that pus was needed for a wound to heal. They also used wine to to reduce wound infection and invented new methods for the removal of arrowheads.
Despite being ahead of their time, their ideas about preventing infection went against common hippocratic advice and did not become popular.
Who was Mondino de Luzzi?
An Italian doctor. He was able to supervise the first public dissection in Bologna in 1315. In 1316 he wrote a book called Anathomia, which became the standard dissection manual for over 200 years. Dissections were introduced in most European universities to train doctors, and to prove Galen was correct. If the ideas did not match with Galens, people beloved the body to be wrong.
Who was Guy de Chauliac?
He was a French doctor. In 1363 he write the famous textbook, great surgery, which dominate English and French knowledge for over 200 years. In this book, Guy also quoted many doctors, including quoting Galen 890 times.
In this book he write about the disagreement with Theodorics ideas about preventing infection, which was the main reason Theodoric and Hugh’s ideas never took of.
Who was John of Arderne?
An English doctor. In 1369 he formed the guild of surgeons, to separate the surgeons from the lower class barbers. He also encouraged doctors to rely on their own expertise, instead of knowledge from Galen. He also developed his own painkiller, made of opium, hemlock and henbane.
He developed an operation he developed to treat anal abscess, a common condition for knights on horseback. He charged money from the rich but treated the poor for free.
