In the Middle Ages, medicine was not necessarily limited to just male practitioners. Women often saw roles as midwives, but a physician with one of the longest-lasting reaches as far as medical knowledge was Trota of Salerno: a female physician and medical instructor in the 11th/12th centuries.

Hey crows! Guess what

I hit over 200 followers over on Twitch! This has been an exciting milestone and I hope to do something to celebrate it soon

The Salerno Medical School, predates the Crusades by nearly 100 years! An image of the school found in a copy of Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine (completed c. 1025CE) kept in Bologna depicts a multicultural gathering of scholars and physicians.

Random history fact: The Crusades was not as integral as providing medical science to the west as many think. Rather, contrary to belief, there was already a rich history of Christians, Jewish people, and Islamic people already teaching and sharing their writings in places like the Salerno School!

I'm back home, though I'm taking the rest of the day off just to recoup and rest a little more. That said, next week should be LOTS of fun

Real quick, with today's stream I'm 7 follows away from 200 on Twitch! It's super exciting to have so many crows in my community that I can tell stories with 💚