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I read an article called Women in Medicine. This article was very well written because everything was relevant with topics like different historical contexts of influential women and then description of specific women who were particularly influential in the development of this movement. There was no bias information being discussed as everything was backed up with factual information. This article differs from what we have gone over in class because it discusses more historical content involved in Europe and China. In class, we have been more involved with Ancient Greek references and then more medical roles of women in general rather than focusing on a specific country.

Adelle of the Saracens Article

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I have chosen Adelle of the Saracens as my Wikipedia article. I plan on improving this article by adding more content to it specifically with a more biographical sense of Adelle of the Saracens as well as having a further background on medicine in Italy. I also plan on including information about the Salerno medical school.

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The Women of Salerno: Contribution to the Origins of Surgery From Medieval Italy Ferraris, Zoë Alaina et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , Volume 64 , Issue 6 , 1855 - 1857

The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "University of Salerno." Encyclopædia Britannica. May 05, 2014. Accessed October 07, 2017. https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Salerno.

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Adelle of the Saracens (active 12th century), was an Italian physician. She belonged to the Saracinensa family and was a lay teacher at the medical faculty of Salerno. Her medical practice stemmed from roots in the Salerno Medical School and she practiced Medieval and Early Italian Renaissance Ideals in her medicine including Humanism.

Saracens Background[edit]

Saracens is term that has multiple cultural meanings throughout history. While it started out being a description to the people of around the Arabea Petraea who lived in the desert areas, it later became known to illustrate the people who were a part of the tribes of Arabia. In particular, the term Saracens is used to recognize the significance of Sarah, Abraham's wife. Overall, it depicted groups of people as being Muslim[1].

Salerno Medical School[edit]

Salerno encompassed an important medical school founded during the Medieval times which based its curriculum and lifestyle off of many different influences such as Greek, Arabic, Latin, and Hebrew. It was one of the first medical schools that was founded around the 9th century in Italy and it greatly influenced the medical works and thought process of the Medieval Times. In addition, women also had the ability to contribute their ideals at this school. This was particularly significant because during this time period, a women's medical opinion was still narrowly considered as substantial or even correct. Cultural shifts like these with women in the medical field gave physicians newer ways of thinking and their contributions like backing the idea of the requirement of physicians to have certifications to practice and adding a different viewpoint to some anatomy textbooks were pertinent in the development of modern day medicine[2].

Humanism[edit]

Going into the Italian Renaissance, many medical professionals and physicians pursued their careers with a humanist way of thinking. Humanism refers to the sole focus on humans as a physical being rather than seeing them as being influenced by any supernatural forces. It was a more rational thought process and strictly emphasized the focus on human needs. These influences were particularly seen in translation efforts of Greek manuscripts[3].