Mercuriade of Salerno (fl. 1200)
Mercuriade of Salerno (fl. 1200)
Italian physician and professor. Flourished around 1200 (some sources cite the 14th century) in Salerno, Italy.
A professional doctor and instructor in Salerno, Italy, Mercuriade had studied at the medical school at Salerno, at the time the most famous of its kind. She specialized in the art of surgery and gained renown for her healing abilities. Mercuriade is believed to have written at least four treatises on medicine, concerning surgery and herbal treatments.
Laura York , Riverside, California
More From encyclopedia.com
Plastic Surgery , Plastic surgery is the surgical repair of skin defects and deformities, the removal of skin tumors, and surgical reconstruction. Increasingly, howeve… Theodoric Of Cervia , (b. Parma or Lucca, Italy, ca. 1205; d. Bologna, Italy, 1298)
medicine, surgery.
It is quite certain that Theodoric’s father was Hugh of Lucca, a pio… Fetal Surgery , Fetal surgery allows doctors to treat certain abnormalities of the fetus that might otherwise be fatal or cause significant problems if permitted to… General Surgery , Definition
General surgery is the treatment of injury, deformity, and disease using operative procedures.
Purpose
General surgery is frequently perfo… Orthopedic Surgery , Definition
Orthopedic (sometimes spelled orthopaedic) surgery is surgery performed by a medical specialist, such as an orthopedist or orthopedic surg… Telesurgery , Telesurgery, also called remote surgery, is performed by a surgeon at a site removed from the patient. Surgical tasks are directly performed by a rob…
About this article
Mercuriade of Salerno (fl. 1200)
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Mercuriade of Salerno (fl. 1200)