Diskussion:Lanfrank von Mailand

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"Another pupil of Taddeo was Lanfranc of Milan, who became professor of surgery in Paris about 1300. He had studied with William of Saliceto, and followed his recommendation for mild treatment of wounds. His career began in Milan, but when he became involved in the political conflicts of Guelph and Ghibelline he took his family to Lyons and later to Paris. Since a married man could not teach at the University of Paris, he gave his lectures as a member of the Collège de St. Côme. This was a group organized in the thirteenth century by Jean Pitard, surgeon of Louis IX and his successors, to put an end to professional quarrels by regulation of surgical training, through a course of study and service as apprentice, bachelor, and licentiate; four years more of practice might make a man a master, permitted to take apprentices. He should not receive the degree of doctor; if he did, he must give up surgery.

Lanfranc's greatest work, Chirurgia magna, contains much practical advice, and includes the statement that it is "not possible to be a good physician if one is not at the same time a good surgeon, and vice versa" (Riesman), an idea unfashionable in his day. In his prologue he implores his friend Bernard, for whose benefit he is writing a summary of his years of study and experience, not to allow any untrained person to have the book for fear someone might be harmed by his work, which was compiled for the common good out of kindness to his friend."

Literatur

• The surgery of Lanfranchi of Milan [Texte imprimé] : a modern English translation; / Xlibris Corporation / c2003
• http://anybook4less.com/author/Guido+Lanfranc+De+Milan.html