Guy de Chauliac

Timeline

1. c. 1320–1340Montpellier · OccitanieReceived medical training at Montpellier and Bologna, studying the Galenic tradition and contemporary surgical practice. From the 1320s he practiced in the Languedoc region, accumulating experience in treating wounds and fractures.
2. 1340–1368Avignon · ProvenceEmployed by the Avignon papacy, he served as physician to Pope Clement VI and others. During the Black Death outbreak of 1348 he personally experienced the epidemic and recorded his observations, while continuing surgical practice and teaching.
3. 1363–1368Avignon · ProvenceCompleted the seven-volume Chirurgia Magna, systematically discussing anatomical foundations, wound treatment, fracture reduction, abscess incision, and surgical instruments, becoming one of the most important surgical textbooks of the late Middle Ages.