The first cosmetic treatise of history. A female point of view

International Journal of Cosmetic Science - Tập 30 Số 2 - Trang 79-86 - 2008
P. Cavallo1, Maria Proto1, Cataldo Patruno2, Aniello Del Sorbo1, Maurizio Bifulco1
1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, Fisciano (Salerno) and
2Dermatologia Ambulatoriale, AA.SS.LL. NA1‐NA5, 2 Regione Campania, Italy

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SynopsisThe Schola Medica Salernitana was an early medieval medical school in the south Italian city of Salerno and the most important native source of medical knowledge in Europe at the time. The school achieved its splendour between the 10th and 13th centuries, during the final decades of Longobard kingdom. In the school, women were involved as both teachers and students for medical learning. Among these women, there was Trotula de Ruggiero (11th century), a teacher whose main interest was to alleviate suffering of women. She was the author of many medical works, the most notable being De Passionibus Mulierum Curandarum (about women’s diseases), also known as Trotula Major. Another important work she wrote was De Ornatu Mulierum (about women’s cosmetics), also known as Trotula Minor, in which she teaches women to conserve and improve their beauty and treat skin diseases through a series of precepts, advices and natural remedies. She gives lessons about make‐up, suggests the way to be unwrinkled, remove puffiness from face and eyes, remove unwanted hair from the body, lighten the skin, hide blemishes and freckles, wash teeth and take away bad breath, dying hair, wax, treat lips and gums chaps.

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