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Reviews close a focus and, for a general book, a neglect of non-Germantopics,examples, and sources. John O . W a r d Department of History University of Sydney Garcia-Ballester, Luis, M. R. McVaugh and A. Rubio-Vela, Medical licensing and learning in fourteenth-century Valencia (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, V o l u m e 79, Part 6), Philadelphia, The American Philosophical Society, 1989; paper; pp. 128; 1 m a p , 1 ill.; US$15.00. This detailed local study of medical regulation in fourteenth-century Valencia has five chapters of commentary and two appendices, the second containing thirtyone documents presented in parallel translation from Catalan, Castilian, and Latin. The authors focus on the furs (law-code) of 1329, which prescribed the method for obtaining a licence to practise, professional responsibilities, and punitive measures for breaches of the code. The licensing examination was based on the lectio, atechnicalreading of one or more standard medical texts, such as Ibn Rushd's Colliget. Apart from the lectio, which could range from a simple explication of terms to extensive questioning, the applicant's knowledge of diagnosis and treatment was also tested. Apart from fuU licences, conditional licences were approved, particularly where surgical techniques were involved. In
Parergon – Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)
Published: Apr 3, 1991
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