Two medieval doctors: Gilbertus Anglicus (c1180-c1250) and John of Gaddesden (1280-1361)
Biographies of medieval English doctors are uncommon and fragmentary. The two best-known English medieval physicians were Gilbertus Anglicus and John of Gaddesden. This paper brings together the known details of their lives, compiled from extant biographies and from internal references in their texts. The primary records of their writings exist in handwritten texts and thereafter in incunabula from the time of the invention of printing in 1476. The record of the lives of these two medieval physicians can be expanded, as here, by the general perspective of the life and times in which they lived. Gilbertus Anglicus, an often...
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - April 22, 2013 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Pearn, J. Tags: Physicians Source Type: research
Medieval Practitioners and Medical Biography
(Source: Journal of Medical Biography)
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - April 22, 2013 Category: History of Medicine Authors: MacLehose, W., Gardner-Thorpe, C. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
