In the history of medicine, Taddeo Alderotti is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Taddeo Alderotti as Italian physician and translator (1215-1295).
Taddeo Alderotti was born at Florence in 1215.
Much of this period's medical learning passed through the Islamic world, where Greek texts were preserved, corrected and extended.
His posts were held at University of Bologna.
Among his principal contributions are Consilia medicinalia, In Claudii Galeni artem parvam commentarii and Expositiones. The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
Taddeo Alderotti died in 1295, aged 80. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Notable work: Consilia medicinalia
- Notable work: In Claudii Galeni artem parvam commentarii
- Notable work: Expositiones
- Held posts at University of Bologna
