Mercuriade (14th century) was an Italian

physician A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the Medical education, study, Med ...

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and medical author. She is one of the few woman physicians known from the Middle Ages. Mercuriade trained in medicine at the

University of Salerno The University of Salerno () (in acronym UNISA) is a university located in Fisciano and in Baronissi, Italy. Its main campus is located in Fisciano while the Faculty of Medicine is located in Baronissi. It is organized in ten faculties. H ...

, as one of a very small number of female students. She was the author of the treaties ''De Febre Pestilenti'' (on Crisis in Pestilent Fever), ''De Curatio'' (The Cure of Wounds) and ''De Ungentis'' (on Ungentis). Her work was included in the ''Collectio Salernitana''. She is considered one of the " ladies of Salerno" along with

Abella Abella, often known as Abella of Salerno or Abella of Castellomata, was a physician in the mid fourteenth century. Abella studied and taught at the Salerno School of Medicine. Abella is believed to have been born around 1380, but the exact time ...

, Rebecca Guarna, and Francesca de Romana who attended the medical school in Salerno from its beginning and helped usher in a "medical renaissance" in Europe.

References

External links

Walsh JJ. 'Medieval Women Physicians' in ''Old Time Makers of Medicine: The Story of the Students and Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages'', ch. 8, (Fordham University Press; 1911)

Howard S. ''The Hidden Giants'', ch. 2, (Lulu.com; 2006)
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