Roland of Parma

For the cleric who took part in the Investiture Controversy, see Roland (bishop of Treviso). For the 14th-century lord of Parma, see Rolando de' Rossi.

Roland of Parma,^[a] also called Rolando Capelluti,^[b] was an early 13th-century surgeon. He studied under Roger Frugardi in Parma and wrote a commentary on his teacher's Practica chirurgiae (Practice of Surgery) around 1230. His commentary, known as the Rolandina, became the standard surgical textbook in the West for the next three centuries.^[3][1] He later taught in Bologna.^[1]

Hippocrates depicted practising various medical techniques from a copy of the Rolandina.

Notes

1. Italian: Rolando da Parma, sometimes Rolandino; Latin: Rolandus Parmensis^[1][2]
2. Also spelled Capelluto or Capezzuti.^[2]