Jehan Yperman

Excerpt of the manuscript "Cyrurgie". Manufactured around 1450. Preserved by the University Library of Ghent.[1]

Jan or Johan or Jehan Yperman (c. 1260 – c. 1331) was a Flemish surgeon and the first medical writer in Dutch.[2] Yperman may have studied in Paris under Lanfranco da Milano, since he often mentions him in his writings.[3]

He wrote two pieces at the beginning of the 14th century about surgery and internal medicine. These manuscripts have known a hidden existence until the end of the 19th century, when they were found in London. In his time, Yperman was a pioneer and innovator when it comes to surgery and medicine. The two manuscripts that are still preserved in the University Library of Ghent, Cyrurgie (surgery) and Medicina (medicine), attest his critical and on experience relying mind. In his Cyrurgie, Yperman makes a last reference to a case of disease in the year of 1328. It is thus very likely that he died shortly after finalising Cyrurgie in ca. 1330.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Cyrurgie van meester Jan Yperman[manuscript]". lib.ugent.be. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  2. ^ De Cyrugie [the surgery], around 1310. 15th century manuscript copy of the university of Ghent.
  3. ^ Plinio Prioreschi A History of Medicine: Medieval Medicine 1996 - Page 495 "Jehan Yperman (c.1260-c.1331), a Flemish surgeon called the Father of Netherlandish surgery, was probably born in or near Ypres and may have studied in Paris under Lanfranco da Milano, whom he often mentions in his work."
  4. ^ Pretiosa Neerlandica : Schatten Uit De Nederlandse Taal- En Letterkunde In De Gentse Universiteit. Gent: RUG. Centrale bibliotheek, 1988.