jun 21, 1363 - Guy De Chaulliac
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*famous French surgeon who wrote influential surgical textbook Great Surgery (1363)*it had many references to greek and islamic writers like Avicenna, and quoted Galen about 890 times.
*opposed Theodoric of Lucca's ideas about preventing infection; this was the mann reason that Lucca's ideas did not catch on.
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jun 21, 1363
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~ 662 years ago