Healing hands, hidden names: the forgotten women of medieval surgery in France.

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q2 ORTHOPEDICS

International Orthopaedics Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-23 DOI:10.1007/s00264-025-06621-1

Agathe Yvinou, Romain Alain, Andonirina Rantoanina, Dominique Le Nen

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Abstract

This editorial explores the marginalization of women in medieval French surgical practice through a prosopographical analysis of guild records, tax rolls, and legal texts. While women were present in various medical roles-such as barbers and "miresses"-their visibility declined as surgery became a formalized and male-dominated profession. By examining documents like the Livre de la Taille and Livre des Métiers, as well as royal ordinances, the study highlights how linguistic shifts and guild regulations gradually excluded women from professional recognition. The trial of Perette la Pétone in 1410 serves as a case study of this exclusion, marking the transition from informal acceptance to institutional rejection. Although some women maintained workshop privileges, especially as widows, the broader trend reflects a tightening of gender boundaries in the medical field. This study underscores how prosopography can illuminate structural changes in professional identity and reveal the gendered dynamics underlying medieval medical history.

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治愈的手，隐藏的名字：中世纪法国外科手术中被遗忘的女人。

这篇社论通过对行会记录、税单和法律文本的形象学分析，探讨了中世纪法国外科实践中女性的边缘化。尽管女性在医疗领域扮演着各种角色——比如理发师和“情妇”——但随着外科手术成为一种正式的、男性主导的职业，她们的知名度也在下降。通过研究《生活指南》（Livre de la Taille）和《生活指南》（Livre des massimtiers）等文件，以及王室法令，这项研究强调了语言的转变和行业法规是如何逐渐将女性排除在专业认可之外的。1410年对佩雷特·拉·帕姆坦的审判是这种排斥的一个案例，标志着从非正式接受到制度排斥的转变。虽然一些妇女，特别是丧偶妇女享有车间特权，但更广泛的趋势反映了医疗领域性别界限的收紧。这项研究强调了体位学如何阐明职业身份的结构性变化，并揭示了中世纪医学史背后的性别动态。

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International Orthopaedics 医学-整形外科

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

7.40%

发文量

360

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： International Orthopaedics, the Official Journal of the Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT) , publishes original papers from all over the world. The articles deal with clinical orthopaedic surgery or basic research directly connected with orthopaedic surgery. International Orthopaedics will also link all the members of SICOT by means of an insert that will be concerned with SICOT matters. Finally, it is expected that news and information regarding all aspects of orthopaedic surgery, including meetings, panels, instructional courses, etc. will be brought to the attention of the readers. Manuscripts submitted for publication must contain a statement to the effect that all human studies have been approved by the appropriate ethics committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. It should also be stated clearly in the text that all persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study. Details that might disclose the identity of the subjects under study should be omitted. Reports of animal experiments must state that the "Principles of laboratory animal care" (NIH publication No. 85-23, revised 1985) were followed, as well as specific national laws (e.g. the current version of the German Law on the Protection of Animals) where applicable. The editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned requirements. The author will be held responsible for false statements or for failure to fulfil the above-mentioned requirements.