Daily Medieval

Yesterday's post claimed that there were few medical treatises about women as compared to those on men's health. We do have a few t...

When Guy de Chauliac mentioned midwives in his great work on surgery, it was only a mention: he declined to express details because the ...

Madonna of the Recommended, Lippo Memmi (c.1291 - 1356) Cosmetics were known as far back as early Egyptian culture, so it is no surprise...

The medical school in Salerno had on its staff the first well-known female physician and professor of medicine. Sadly, we know nothing of h...