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Mercuriade (14th-century) was an Italian physician, surgeon and medical author. She is one of the few woman physicians known from the Middle Ages.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Mercuriade trained in medicine at the University of Salerno, as one of a very small number of female students.^[4]^[5] She was the author of the treaties De Febre Pestilenti (on Crisis in Pestilent Fever), De Curatio (The Cure of Wounds) and De Ungentis (on Ungentis).^[1] Her work was included in the Collectio Salernitana.^[6]

She is considered one of the "ladies of Salerno" along with Abella, Rebecca Guarna, and Francesca de Romana who attended the medical school in Salerno from its beginning and helped usher in a "'medical renaissance'" in Europe.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Boggi, Pina Cavallo (2023), Marsico, Giuseppina; Tateo, Luca (eds.), "Women and Popular Medicine", Humanity in Psychology: The Intellectual Legacy of Pina Boggi Cavallo, Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 25–34, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30640-2_3, ISBN 978-3-031-30640-2, retrieved 2024-01-29
^ Stevenson, Jane (2022-09-01), "Women and Latin in the Early Modern Period", Women and Latin in the Early Modern Period, Brill, pp. 1–116, ISBN 978-90-04-52976-2, retrieved 2024-01-29
^ Green, Monica (1989-01). "Women's Medical Practice and Health Care in Medieval Europe". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 14 (2): 434–473. doi:10.1086/494516. ISSN 0097-9740. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Frize, Monique (2013), Frize, Monique (ed.), "Women in Science and Medicine in Europe Prior to the Eighteenth Century", Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe: The Extraordinary Life and Role of Italy's Pioneering Female Professor, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 25–37, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38685-5_3, ISBN 978-3-642-38685-5, retrieved 2024-01-29
^ DeBakcsy, Dale (2022). "A History of Women in Medicine and Medical Research : Exploring the Trailblazers of STEM": 1–216. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ L. Whaley: Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800
^ Proffitt, Pamela (1999). Notable Women Scientists. Detroit: Gale Group. pp. 1. ISBN 0787639001.

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[:0-1] Boggi, Pina Cavallo (2023), Marsico, Giuseppina; Tateo, Luca (eds.), "Women and Popular Medicine", Humanity in Psychology: The Intellectual Legacy of Pina Boggi Cavallo, Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 25–34, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30640-2_3, ISBN 978-3-031-30640-2, retrieved 2024-01-29

[2] Stevenson, Jane (2022-09-01), "Women and Latin in the Early Modern Period", Women and Latin in the Early Modern Period, Brill, pp. 1–116, ISBN 978-90-04-52976-2, retrieved 2024-01-29

[3] Green, Monica (1989-01). "Women's Medical Practice and Health Care in Medieval Europe". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 14 (2): 434–473. doi:10.1086/494516. ISSN 0097-9740. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[4] Frize, Monique (2013), Frize, Monique (ed.), "Women in Science and Medicine in Europe Prior to the Eighteenth Century", Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe: The Extraordinary Life and Role of Italy's Pioneering Female Professor, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 25–37, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38685-5_3, ISBN 978-3-642-38685-5, retrieved 2024-01-29

[5] DeBakcsy, Dale (2022). "A History of Women in Medicine and Medical Research : Exploring the Trailblazers of STEM": 1–216. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[6] L. Whaley: Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800

[7] Proffitt, Pamela (1999). Notable Women Scientists. Detroit: Gale Group. pp. 1. ISBN 0787639001.

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+'''Mercuriade''' (14th-century) was an Italian [[physician]], [[surgeon]] and medical author. She is one of the few woman physicians known from the Middle Ages.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Boggi |first=Pina Cavallo |title=Women and Popular Medicine |date=2023 |work=Humanity in Psychology: The Intellectual Legacy of Pina Boggi Cavallo |pages=25–34 |editor-last=Marsico |editor-first=Giuseppina |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30640-2_3 |access-date=2024-01-29 |series=Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-30640-2_3 |isbn=978-3-031-30640-2 |editor2-last=Tateo |editor2-first=Luca}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Stevenson |first=Jane |title=Women and Latin in the Early Modern Period |date=2022-09-01 |work=Women and Latin in the Early Modern Period |pages=1–116 |url=https://brill.com/display/book/9789004529762/BP000007.xml |access-date=2024-01-29 |publisher=Brill |language=en |isbn=978-90-04-52976-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Green |first=Monica |date=1989-01 |title=Women's Medical Practice and Health Care in Medieval Europe |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/494516 |journal=Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society |language=en |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=434–473 |doi=10.1086/494516 |issn=0097-9740}}</ref>
-'''Mercuriade''' (14th-century) was an Italian [[physician]], [[surgeon]] and medical author. She is one of the few woman physicians known from the Middle Ages.
-Mercuriade 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 the treaties ''De Febre Pestilenti'' (on Crisis in Pestilent Fever), ''De Curatio'' (The Cure of Wounds) and ''De Ungentis'' (on Ungentis). Her work was included in the ''Collectio Salernitana''.<ref>L. Whaley: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RiJ-DAAAQBAJ&dq=Margherita+da+Venosa+surgery&pg=PA15 Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800]''</ref>
+Mercuriade trained in medicine at the [[University of Salerno]], as one of a very small number of female students.<ref>{{Citation |last=Frize |first=Monique |title=Women in Science and Medicine in Europe Prior to the Eighteenth Century |date=2013 |work=Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe: The Extraordinary Life and Role of Italy's Pioneering Female Professor |pages=25–37 |editor-last=Frize |editor-first=Monique |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38685-5_3 |access-date=2024-01-29 |place=Berlin, Heidelberg |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-38685-5_3 |isbn=978-3-642-38685-5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=DeBakcsy |first=Dale |date=2022 |title=A History of Women in Medicine and Medical Research : Exploring the Trailblazers of STEM |url=https://www.torrossa.com/en/resources/an/5456035 |language=en |pages=1–216}}</ref> She was the author of the treaties ''De Febre Pestilenti'' (on Crisis in Pestilent Fever), ''De Curatio'' (The Cure of Wounds) and ''De Ungentis'' (on Ungentis).<ref name=":0" /> Her work was included in the ''Collectio Salernitana''.<ref>L. Whaley: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RiJ-DAAAQBAJ&dq=Margherita+da+Venosa+surgery&pg=PA15 Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800]''</ref>
 She is considered one of the "[[Women of Salerno|ladies of Salerno]]" along with [[Abella]], [[Rebecca de Guarna|Rebecca Guarna]], and [[Francesca de Romana]] who attended the medical school in Salerno from its beginning and helped usher in a "'medical renaissance'" in Europe.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Notable Women Scientists|last = Proffitt|first = Pamela|publisher = Gale Group|year = 1999|isbn = 0787639001|location = Detroit|pages = [https://archive.org/details/notablewomenscie00pame/page/1 1]|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/notablewomenscie00pame/page/1}}</ref>