Chirurgia

Dr. Freind regards the chapters of Gilbert on the subject of leprosy as borrowed substantially from the "Chirurgia" of Theodorius of

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Now Roland, in his edition of Roger's "Chirurgia," criticises both of these statements of his master, as follows:

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

However, it is the best representative of the "Chirurgia" of Roger at present available.

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Singularly the word is not found in the "Chirurgia" of Roger of Parma, from whom Gilbert seems to have borrowed most of his surgical knowledge.

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

As Roland's edition of Roger's "Chirurgia" is said to have been written in 1264, the comparison of these passages would seem to indicate that Gilbert must have written the Compendium after 1230 and prior to the year 1264.

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Theodorius, whose "Chirurgia" did not appear until 1266.

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Roger's "Chirurgia" was probably committed to writing in the year

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Numerous similar passages, with others in which the text of Gilbert is rather a paraphrase than a copy of the text of Roger, serve to confirm the conclusion that the surgical writings of the English physician are borrowed mainly from the "Chirurgia" of the Italian surgeon.

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

[Footnote 5: Haeser says that this MS. of Roger's "Chirurgia," made by

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Sixteenth Century, "London, 1904.] [Footnote 20: Of course, for any extended knowledge of Mondeville, a modern reader must turn to Nicaise's translation of his" Chirurgia, "which, with an introduction and a biography, was published at Paris in

Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903