Rebecca de Guarna
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Rebecca de Guarna was an Italian physician
and surgeon
and author in the 14th century. She is one of the few woman physicians known from the middle ages.
Rebecca de Guarna was a member of the same Salernitian family as the famous Romuald, priest, physician and historian. She was a student of the University of Salerno
and belonged to the minority of female students of her time period. She was the author of medical works on "Fevers", on "Urine", and on "Embryo".
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and surgeon
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
and author in the 14th century. She is one of the few woman physicians known from the middle ages.
Rebecca de Guarna was a member of the same Salernitian family as the famous Romuald, priest, physician and historian. She was a student of the University of Salerno
University of Salerno
The University of Salerno is a university located in Salerno, Italy. It is organized in 10 Faculties.-History:Salerno, a city in which, as Michelet said, “emperors, kings, popes, and the richest barons all had their own doctor”, developed during the Middle Ages around its prestigious School of...
and belonged to the minority of female students of her time period. She was the author of medical works on "Fevers", on "Urine", and on "Embryo".