Bernard de Gordon

Timeline

1. c. 1258–1285Montpellier · MontpellierTraveled from Scotland to Montpellier to study medicine, learning at the medical faculty from the 1280s and taking part in clinical teaching, gradually establishing his academic reputation in fevers and internal medicine.
2. 1291–1300Montpellier · MontpellierIn the 1290s he served as professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier, systematically lecturing on clinical diagnosis and treatment, and began writing works such as the Lilium medicinae, discussing classifications of fever and plague prevention, which became an important text in European medical education of the time.
3. 1301–1318Montpellier · MontpellierBetween 1303 and 1305 he completed the main body of the Lilium medicinae, a seven-volume work covering internal medicine, surgery, and obstetrics and pediatrics; its discussions of plague and fever were widely cited by the medical world on the eve of the Black Death in the 14th century, and he continued to practice and teach at Montpellier until his late years.