Ugo Borgognoni

Ugo Borgognoni , also Hugo de Lucca , Hugo (Ugo) dei Borgognoni and Hugo (Ugo) von Lucca (* between 1160 and 1180 in Lucca; † 1259 in Bologna ), was a city doctor and surgeon in Bologna. He revolutionized wound treatment.

Life

Ugo Borgognoni had been a municipal surgeon in Bologna since October 1214. In 1218/19 he took part in the siege of Damiette in the Nile delta in the fifth crusade as a field clerk of the Bolognese under the command of King John of Brienne . He then returned to work as a city doctor and court doctor in Bologna, where he also taught surgery at the university. With Roland von Parma , his son Teodorico and Wilhelm von Saliceto , he founded the Bolognese School of Surgery. His son Teodorico Borgognoni and Bruno von Longoburgo were among his most important students . Ugo himself left nothing in writing. Its importance can be seen from the notes of his son Teodorico. Accordingly, Ugo advocated simple, pus-free wound treatment. He is also said to have described a drug made from opium, hemp and mandragora that - administered using a sponge soaked in vinegar and absorbed through the nose - has an anesthetic effect during surgical procedures .

literature

Max Neuburger . History of medicine. Enke, Stuttgart 1911, Volume II, p. 378: Hugo von Lucca (digitized version)
A. Vasina: Borgognoni, Ugo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 12: Bonfadini – Borrello. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1970.
Gundolf Keil : Ugo dei Borgognoni. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil, Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1427.

Web links

Biography on dec.ufcg.edu.br (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

↑ Ernst Kern : Seeing - Thinking - Acting of a surgeon in the 20th century. ecomed, Landsberg am Lech 2000, ISBN 3-609-20149-5 , p. 251.
^ Rudolf Frey , Otto Mayrhofer , with the support of Thomas E. Keys and John S. Lundy: Important data from the history of anesthesia. In: R. Frey, Werner Hügin , O. Mayrhofer (Ed.): Textbook of anesthesiology and resuscitation. Springer, Heidelberg / Basel / Vienna 1955; 2nd, revised and expanded edition. With the collaboration of H. Benzer. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1971. ISBN 3-540-05196-1 , pp. 13-16, here: p. 13.

personal data
SURNAME	Borgognoni, Ugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Borgognoni, Hugo; Ugo from Lucca; Borgognoni, Ugo de '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	doctor
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lucca
DATE OF DEATH	after 1259
Place of death	Bologna

[1] Ernst Kern : Seeing - Thinking - Acting of a surgeon in the 20th century. ecomed, Landsberg am Lech 2000, ISBN 3-609-20149-5 , p. 251.

[2] Rudolf Frey , Otto Mayrhofer , with the support of Thomas E. Keys and John S. Lundy: Important data from the history of anesthesia. In: R. Frey, Werner Hügin , O. Mayrhofer (Ed.): Textbook of anesthesiology and resuscitation. Springer, Heidelberg / Basel / Vienna 1955; 2nd, revised and expanded edition. With the collaboration of H. Benzer. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1971. ISBN 3-540-05196-1 , pp. 13-16, here: p. 13.