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Guy de Chauliac

Guy de Chauliac
A 16th-century depiction
Bornc. 1300
Chaulhac, Lozère, France
Died1368 (aged 67–68)
Avignon, France
Occupation(s)physician and surgeon
Medical career
Notable worksChirurgia Magna

Guy de Chauliac (French: [də ʃoljak]), also called Guido or Guigo de Cauliaco (c. 1300 – 25 July 1368), was a French physician and surgeon who wrote a lengthy and influential treatise on surgery in Latin, titled Chirurgia Magna. It was translated into many other languages (including Middle English) and widely read by physicians in late medieval Europe.


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