About Bernard de Gordon
Lived 1258 – 1320 (aged 61–62). Bernard de Gordon was a French professor, physician and writer.
Bernard de Gordon (; 1270 - 1330) was a French medical doctor and professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier from 1285. In 1296 he wrote the therapeutic work, De decem ingeniis seu indicationibus curandorum morborum. His most important work was the Lilium medicinae, printed in Naples in 1480, Lyon in 1491, and Venice in 1494. It describes plague, tuberculosis, scabies, epilepsy, anthrax, and leprosy. In the 15th century, it was translated into Irish by physician and scribe Cormac Mac Duinnshléibhe.
Works De regimine acutorum morborum, 1294. Liber pronosticorum/Tractatus de crisi et de diebus creticis, 1295. De Decem Ingeniis curandorum morborum, 1299. Liber de conservatione vitae humanae, 1308. Practica seu Lilium medicinae, 1303.
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Who was Bernard de Gordon?
French professor and physician
When was Bernard de Gordon born?
Bernard de Gordon was born in 1258 in Gourdon.
When did Bernard de Gordon die?
Bernard de Gordon died in 1320 in Perpignan.
What was Bernard de Gordon's occupation?
Bernard de Gordon was a professor, physician and writer.
What nationality was Bernard de Gordon?
Bernard de Gordon was French.
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