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Scuola medica salernitana (9th-19th century) (first medical school of medieval Europe)

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  • Existence: 9th- early 19th century - 1811

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MS 164: Medical text by Petrus Musandinus, 12th century

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Identifier: MS 164
Contents This text is entitled Liber medicinae secundum Petrum de Musandia ('Second book of medicine of Peter Musandinus'). Petrus Musandinus was a 12th-century physician from the school of Salerno. Musandinus was probably the student of another important Salernitian physician and writer, Bartholomeus of Salerno who produced a commentary on the collection of Hippocratic medical texts fundamental to medieval medicine: the Articella. Petrus Musandinus himself produced a...
Dates: 12th century