Sextus Empiricus

Sextus Empiricus

male
Alexandria, Asclepiades, 3rd century, 2nd century, Skepticism, physician…Ancientandmedievalphysician
Sextus Empiricus (fl. during the 2nd and possibly the 3rd centuries AD), was a physician and philosopher, and has been variously reported to have...
John Arderne

John Arderne

male, deceased (1392)
Ancientandmedievalphysician, surgery, horse, surgeon, knight, anus
Sir John Arderne (1307-1392) was an English surgeon, and one of the first of his time to devise workable cures. He is considered one of the fathers...
Hugh Of Lucca

Hugh Of Lucca

male
Italian, Ancientandmedievalphysician, 13th century, antiseptic, surgeon, wine
Hugh of Lucca and his son, Theodoric of Lucca, are noted for their use of wine as an antiseptic in the early 13th century.
Avicenna

Avicenna

male, deceased (1037)
physics, mathematics, Classical humanist, Islamic medicine, Soldier, Islamic Science…Medieval philosopher, Ancientandmedievalphysician, physician
Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna) was a Persian ("Tājīk") Muslim universal genius who made signficant contributions to medicine, astronomy, al...
Hasdai Ibn Shaprut

Hasdai Ibn Shaprut

male, 1094 years old
hebrew, Jaén, Spain, Abd ar-Rahman III, Khazar diplomacy and documents, Jaén, Córdoba, Spain…Medieval rabbi, Ancientandmedievalphysician
Hasdai (Abu Yusuf ben Yitzhak ben Ezra) ibn Shaprut born about 915 at Jaén; died 970 or 990 at Córdoba in Spain, was a Jewish physician, di...
Aulus Cornelius Celsus

Aulus Cornelius Celsus

male, deceased (50)
Golden Age Latin author, Cornelii, physician, inflammation, Gallia Narbonensis, opioid…Ancientandmedievalphysician, ancient rome
Aulus Cornelius Celsus was a Roman encyclopedist and possibly, although probably not, a physician. He probably lived in Gallia Narbonensis. His...
Al-Razi

Al-Razi

male, deceased (925)
iranian, persian, Muslim, Chemist, Alchemist, Medieval philosopher…Ancientandmedievalphysician
Al-Razi became famous in his native city as a physician. He became Director of the hospital of Rayy ("Cf." ibn Juljul, al-Qifti, ibn abi...
Hesy-Ra

Hesy-Ra

male
scribe, Ancientandmedievalphysician, Diabetes, ancient egyptian, pharaoh, physician
Hesy-Ra was an official physician and scribe who lived during the Third dynasty of Egypt, served under the pharaoh Djoser, and was laid in an...
Mkhitar Heratsi

Mkhitar Heratsi

male
armenian, 12th century, Ancientandmedievalphysician, scientist, physician, Classical humanist
Mkhitar Heratsi was an outstanding Armenian physician of the 12th century, the father of Armenian medicine, the author of famous "Relief of Fevers"...