The growth of medicine from the earliest times to about 1800Buck, Albert H. (Albert Henry)
History
The growth of medicine from the earliest times to about 1800
Buck, Albert H. (Albert Henry)
Medicine -- History
John Afflacius, a monk who lived during the latter half of the eleventh
century of the present era, was one of the pupils of Constantinus. His
treatise “On Fevers,” according to Neuburger, contains ample evidence
of the author’s ability as a clinical observer.
Something still remains to be said concerning Bartholomaeus, Cophon
the Younger, John Platearius the Younger and Archimathaeus. They
have already been mentioned in the list of authors whose writings
contributed materially to the celebrity of the Medical School of
Salerno, and it is now only necessary to furnish a few particulars
with regard to their lives and the nature of the work which they
accomplished.
Bartholomaeus wrote a treatise (entitled “_Practica_”) on the
practice of medicine as taught by Hippocrates, Galen, Constantinus and
the Greek physicians. Its enduring popularity is evidenced by the facts
that it was translated at an early period into several languages and
that portions of its text are often quoted by later authors. The book
contains ample evidence that its author was a very close observer and
a physician who strove to make accurate diagnoses.
Cophon the Younger (about 1100 A. D.) was the author of two works: a
treatise on anatomy which bore the title “_Anatomia Porci_,” and
one on the practice of medicine (“_Practica_”). The ancients, it
is stated, selected a pig for purposes of anatomical study “because its
internal organs present a very close resemblance to those of the human
being.” Both books are written in a clear and simple style.
John Platearius the Younger was the author of a work on internal
medicine (“_Practica Brevis_”) and also of one on the subject of
urine (“_Regulae Urinarum_”).
Archimathaeus wrote and published three treatises: one on “Urines,”
another on practical medicine (“_Practica_”), and the third
on “The Demeanor which a Physician should Observe when he Visits a
Sick Person” (“_De Aventu Medici_”). The latter treatise, says
Neuburger, is “a mixture of piety, artlessness, and slyness; but it
furnishes a capital picture of the carefully regulated behavior of the
mediaeval physician at the patient’s bedside, of the manner in which he
conducted his examination of the case, and of his intercourse with the
household as well as with the sick person.”
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