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 Averrois, Damascen, and Constantyn; Bernard, and Gatisden, and Gilbertyn. Of his diete mesuráble was he, For it was of no superfluitee, But of gret norishing and digestible.

With the names of the three English physicians mentioned above, there should be associated that of Jehan Yperman, who was born in Ypern, Flanders, during the latter half of the thirteenth century, obtained his professional training in Paris under Lanfranchi, and then, in 1303 or 1304, accepted the position of Physician to the Hospital of Belle, a small Flemish town. In 1318 he settled permanently in Ypern, his native city, and in a comparatively short time won completely the confidence and esteem of his fellow townsmen through his attentiveness to their wants when they were ill and through the great skill which he manifested in his work as a surgeon. He died 1329 A. D.

Yperman's writings deal with both medical and surgical topics. Of those which have been translated from the Latin into French are: "La chirurgie de maitre J. Yperman," Anvers, 1863; "Traité de médecine pratique de maitre J. Yperman," Anvers, 1863; and "Traité de médecine pratique de maitre J. Yperman," Anvers, 1867. A perusal of these works, says Neuburger, easily convinces one that Yperman was not only a skilful and clever surgeon, but also a physician of independent judgment and wide experience.

Revival of the Practice of Dissecting Human Bodies.—It was in Italy that dissecting was carried on during the fourteenth century more vigorously than elsewhere in Europe. At first the only persons who made such investigations for scientific purposes were individual physicians or groups of physicians; and, in addition, they were obliged to carry on the work in a secret manner—that is, by stealing from recently dug graves the corpses which were necessary for such studies. It is related, for example, that in 1319 one of the teachers in the Medical School at Bologna and four of his pupils were brought before the Court of Law under the charge of having clandestinely