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I chose to read the article New England Female Medical College. I felt the article supplied sufficient information on the subject, and presented all relevant information as well. However, the article had a section labeled failure. In this article it was discussed why the school seemed to have failed, and yet in other areas of the article is mentioned the school being absorbed into the official Boston Medical School in which men attended. From reading earlier parts of the article I was under the impression the school was successful and then absorbed and women were therefore permitted to study along with men. Reading the end of the article it made it sound like the school was disbanded and women were left to find somewhere else to study as they had before the school began. I checked a few of the references and I was unable to read many of them because they were books that had to be bought, while others simply led me directly back to the same wikipedia page. No information appeared out of date, however, I felt they could have included more information on what the actual school was like. There was a lot of information on why it was set up and why it didn't succeed but there was little information on what classes were like, where it was held, etc. The article discussed briefly similar views we have discussed in class, such as it was viewed as inappropriate for men to deliver babies due to the naked exposure of women in from of men who were not their husbands. The article discussed that this was a major reason the school was started, in order to train women to deliver babies so that men would not have to anymore.

I added citations to the article Women in Medicine in two areas where citations were needed, under the heading Modern medicine.

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I plan to hopefully contribute information about the more relative time periods in which Abella taught and wrote at the school of Salerno. I also hope to find more adequate information about where Abella came from, as many sources I have found say she was Roman, but somehow ended up in Salerno. Although anything I have found on her two treatises was in Spanish, I am hoping to find more information on these. There appears to be very little known about Abella, but I am hoping to add as much as possible.

Crabb, George. Universal Historical Dictionary, or Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster-Row, 1825. https://books.google.com/books?id=JdZAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP24&l pg=PP24&dq=abella+of+salerno’s+writings+on+bile&source=bl&ots=e_ihz77CKY&sig=fWM2UhKkX3tM4VG_56R5C8l4f_M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs_-W8t9zWAhVi2IMKHbTtDBIQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=publish&f=false.

Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey. Women in Science: Antiquity through the Nineteenth Century.Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: The MIT Press, 1988.

Ogilvie, Marilyn, and Joy Harvey. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science:Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. New York and London:Routledge, 2000.

Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, Garrison, Fielding H, Packard, Francis R, and Harington, John.The School of Salernum: Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum. London: Oxford University Press, 1922. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ njp.32101074741024.

Walsh, James J. Old-Time Makers of Medicine: The Story of the Students and Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages. New York: Fordham University Press, 1911. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/ 20216/20216-h/20216-h.htm.

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The introduction article is missing details about Abella, such as another name she was known by, that lead to a slightly greater amounts of information than was currently included about her. Abella of Salerno was sometimes also referred to as Abella of Castellomata. In reference to this name there is more information about the true significance she has in history as one of the first women to go to and teach at the University of Salerno medical school; the first known medical school to allow women to attend. There was a group of women who had this significance and they were referred to as Mulieres Salenitanae, this included Abella. The Castellomate was an influential family in the Salernitan during this time, and it is therefore likely Abella was apart of this family and this is where her other name comes from. This family included other significant figures such as Giovanni Castellomata who served as medicus papae to the Pope, Innocent III.

This is information should be added to the introduction but there a little bit more information that I hope to use in order to make another section in Abella’s wikipedia. I hope to make a section about the Mulieres Salenitanae, as there was more women belonging to it, and it wasn’t just any of the first women who were the first to be taught at Salerno, but specifically those who were educated and then became professors themselves in the University of Salerno.

In finding this information, which I felt was a better add to the article I have developed a new bibliography.

Monica, Matteo Della, Roberto Mauri, Francesca Scarano, Fortunato Lonardo, and Gioacchino Scarano. "The Salernitan School of Medicine: Women, Men, and Children. A Syndromological Review of the Oldest Medical School in the Western World." Wiley Online Library. October 3, 2012. Accessed October 10, 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley. com/store/10.1002/ajmg.a.35742/asset/35742_ftp.pdf?v=1&t=j8luuj1c&s=0be8234ef88b0983aaaac8e5979a2 585bab63f0a.

Oakes, Elizabeth H. ''Encyclopedia of World Scientists. New York:'' Infobase Publishing, 2007. https://books.google.com/books?id=uPRB-OED1bcC&pg=PA728&lpg=PA728&dq= group+of+women+in+Salerno +school+of+medicine&source=bl&ots=8YaBW_duPz& sig=zEONwTs3TjqRzvNgDhgxIqe6z3I&hl= en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlh7SYsubWAh VE64MKHdyhCpUQ6AEIWDAN#v=onepage&q=salerno&f=false.

Paravicini-Bagliani, Agostino. The Pope’s Body. Chicago: University of Chicago press, 2000. https://books.google.com/books?id=YrmHbBoO-a0C&pg=PA186&lpg=PA186&dq =family+of+castellomata&source= bl&ots=j4gemLzfwp&sig=FDq6_mjQGnpZkQ MasjjCh5uir9Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjexImBx OvWAhWpgFQKHftBBBo Q6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=castellomata&f=false

Walsh, James J. Old-Time Makers of Medicine: The Story of the Students and Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages. New York: Fordham University Press, 1911. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20216/ 20216-h/20216-h.htm.

William, Steven J. The Secret of Secrets. Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 2003. https://books.google.com/books?id=lLIN6eujdlQC&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=family+of+ castellomata&source= bl&ots=7x95OsHAsS&sig=iFm3XHb8RLkuMou37Wcpaf0gm M4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8_p3lo-bWAhXC5YM KHU7bCBQQ6AEIKDAA#v =onepage&q=castellomata&f=false

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Abella, often known as Abella of Salerno or Abella of Castellomata, was a physician in the mid fourteenth century. Abella studied and taught at the Salerno School of Medicine. It is unclear when she was born or died, but is believed to have been born around 1380. Abella was believed to be born around 1380, but the time of her death is unclear. Abella lectured on standard medical practices, bile, and women’s health and nature at the medical school in Salerno. Abella, along with Rebecca de Guarna, specialized in the area of embryology. She published two treatises: De atrabile (On Black Bile) and De natura seminis humani (on the Nature of the Seminal Fluid), neither of which survive today. In Salvatore De Renzi’s nineteenth-century study of the Salerno School of Medicine, Abella is one of four women (along with Rebecca de Guarna, Mercuriade, and Constanza Calenda) mentioned who were known to practice medicine, lecture on medicine, and wrote treatises. These attributes all placed Abella into a group of women known as the Mulieres Salernitanae, or women of Salerno.

Legacy

Abella is a featured figure on Judy Chicago’s installation piece, The Dinner Party. Abella is represented as one of the nine hundred and ninety-nine names included in the Heritage Floor. The Heritage Floor is a supporting piece to Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party. It is meant to represent the amount of women who struggled into prominence to essentially have their names erased and/or forgotten. She is one of the “Ladies of Salerno” who attended and taught at the Salerno School of Medicine featured in the Heritage Floor, along with Rebecca de Guarna, Francesca de Romana, and Mercuriade.

'''Maybe talk more about these peices and why these artists/authors wanted to include her. When were these pieces made? Where are they located? You can find pictures that are approved for he website and add them'''

Mulieres Salernitanae

The Salerno School of Medicine was the first univeristy to allow women to enter. This resulted in a group of women known as Mulieres Salernitanae, meaning women of Salerno or Salernitan wives. These women were known for their great learning. This group of women consisted of Abella, Trotula De Ruggiero, Mercuriade, Rebecca de Guarna, Maria Incarnata, and Constanza Calenda. The women of Salerno not only practiced medicine, but also taught medicine at the Salerno School of Medicine and wrote texts. This group of women worked against the common view and roles of women at the time, and are considered a pride of medieval Salerno and a symbol of beneficence.

'''Maybe give a little more information about the school if there's no more information about Abella particularly. It'll give a background.'''

Family of Castellomata

The family of Castellomata was an extremely influential family in Salerno, one in which Abella is believed to belong to. It is believed the family helped confirm the vital ties between the papal court and the Salerno School of Medicine. A significant member of this family was Giovanni de Castellomata, who held the title of “doctor of the pope.” It is unclear the relationship between Abella and Giovanni de Castellomata.The relationship between Abella and Giovanni de Castellomata is unclear.

What's the history of the Castellomatas?