Between c.1350 and c.1750 a small group of professional hereditary physicians served the Gaelic communities of Ireland and Scotland. Over fifty medical kindreds provided advice regarding health maintenance and treatment with herbs and surgery. Their medical knowledge was derived from Gaelic translations of medieval European Latin medical texts grounded in the classical works of Hippocrates and Galen, and the Arab world. Students studied in medical schools where they copied and compiled medical texts in Irish, some for use as handbooks. Over 100 texts are extant. Political upheaval and scientific advances led to the eclipse of this medical world. Through examination of the Gaelic medical manuscripts and other sources this article provides an assessment of medicine in Gaelic Ireland and Scotland from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries.

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盖尔语爱尔兰和苏格兰的医学，c.1350–c.1750

之间C。1350 和C。1750 年，一小群专业的遗传医生为爱尔兰和苏格兰的盖尔社区服务。超过 50 个医疗亲属提供有关健康维护和草药和手术治疗的建议。他们的医学知识来源于以希波克拉底和盖伦的经典著作以及阿拉伯世界为基础的中世纪欧洲拉丁医学文本的盖尔语翻译。学生在医学院学习，在那里他们用爱尔兰语复制和编辑医学文本，其中一些用作手册。现存文献100余部。政治动荡和科学进步导致了这个医学世界的黯然失色。通过对盖尔语医学手稿和其他来源的检查，本文对 14 世纪中叶至 18 世纪中叶盖尔语爱尔兰和苏格兰的医学进行了评估。