A chronology of medical history / by James Young.

  • Young, James.
Date:
[1908?]
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Credit: A chronology of medical history / by James Young. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    corresponding very closely to those of the modern apothecary. 1113-1161 Avenzoar: The greatest physician of the twelfth century. His great work was the Theisir or Assistance, in which he gives a description of pericarditis and mediastinal abscess- In a treatise on renal disease, he outlined the treatment of calculus, and described an operation therefor. 1119 University of Bologna founded— the most ancient and celebrated in the world—as early as 1216 its students numbered 10,000. 1123 St. Bartholomew's Hospital—the oldest in England — founded by Rahere. 1135-1204 Maimonides: Born and studied in Cordova, philosopher and physician, whose medical writings include an essay on poisons. 1155 Bernard of Provence, a French member of the school who wrote a com- mentary on the Salernian pharmacopoeias. 1166 1198 Averroes J The last of the great Arab physicians. He was born in Cordova, and was a pupil in medicine under Avenzoar. He wrote extensively both in medicine and philosophy. 1224 The University of Naples, founded by the Emperor Frederick II., who forbade Neapolitan subjects to seek instruction at any other University.