list of post-classical physicians list of post-classical physicians the following is a list of post-classical physicians who were known to have practised, contributed, or theorised about medicine in some form between the 5th and 15th century ce. name gender related periods century ethnicity known for theophilus protospatharius man middle ages 7th century ce greek palladius man middle ages 6th century ce greek marcellus empiricus man late antiquity 4th–5th century ce roman author of pharmacological compendium de medicamentis caelius aurelianus man late antiquity 5th century ce greco-roman medical translator. adamantius judaeus man late antiquity 5th century ce greco-roman jew benedict of nursia man middle ages 6th century ce italian founder of "monastic medicine" alexander of tralles man middle ages 6th-7th century ce byzantine aetius of amida man middle ages 6th century ce byzantine greek stephanus of athens man middle ages 6th-7th century ce byzantine greek raban gamaliel vi man late antiquity 4th-5th century ce roman jew isidore of seville man middle ages 6th-7th century ce byzantine paul of aegina man middle ages 7th century ce byzantine wrote medical compendium in seven books leo itrosophist man middle ages 8th-9th century ce byzantine wrote "epitome of medicine". al-kindi man islamic golden age 9th century ce arab author of de gradibus yuhanna ibn masawaih man islamic golden age 8th-9th century ce persian personal physician to four abbasid caliphs. hunayn ibn ishaq man islamic golden age 9th century ce arab christian al-tabari man islamic golden age 9th century ce persian produced one of the first encyclopedia of medicine titled firdous al-hikmah ("paradise of wisdom"). theodosius romanus man islamic golden age 9th century ce syriac christian ishaq ibn hunayn man islamic golden age 10th century ce arab christian yahya ibn sarafyun man islamic golden age 9th century ce syriac christian al-razi man islamic golden age 9th-10th century ce persian produce work in pediatrics and makes the first clear distinction between smallpox and measles in his al-hawi. isaac israeli ben solomon man islamic golden age 9th-10th century ce egyptian jew shabbethai donnolo man middle ages 10th century ce graeco-italian jew al-tamimi man islamic golden age 10th century ce arab al-majusi man islamic golden age 10th century ce persian famous for the kitab al-maliki or complete book of the medical art, his textbook on medicine and psychology. al-zahrawi man islamic golden age 10th-11th century ce arab andalusian founder of early surgical and medical instruments, writing kitab al-tasrif. ibn butlan man islamic golden age 11th century ce arab christian writer of taqwīm as‑siḥḥa or maintenance of health. michael psellos man middle ages 11th century ce byzantine greek ibn al-haytham man islamic golden age 10th-11th century ce arab ibn sina man islamic golden age 10th-11th century ce persian writer of qanun-e dâr tâb or the canon of medicine. simeon seth man middle ages 11th-12 century ce byzantine jew constantine the african man middle ages 11th century ce unclear anna komnene woman middle ages 11th-12 century ce byzantine trota of salerno woman middle ages 12th century ce unclear rahere man middle ages 12th century ce anglo-norman founded the priory of the hospital of st bartholomew in 1123. stephen of pisa man middle ages 12th century ce italian translated works of hali abbas (the al-kitab al-maliki, by ali abbas al-majusi), translated around 1127 into latin as liber regalis dispositionis. ibn zuhr man islamic golden age 11th-12 century ce arab andalusian ibn rushd man islamic golden age 12th century ce arab andalusian matthaeus platearius man middle ages 12th century ce unclear pope innocent iii man middle ages 12th-13th century ce italian organized the hospital of santo spirito at rome inspiring others all over europe ibn an-nafis man islamic golden age 13th century ce arab suggests that the right and left ventricles of the heart are separate and discovers the pulmonary circulation and coronary circulation. ibn al-baytar man islamic golden age 12th-13th century ce arab andalusian wrote on botany and pharmacy, studied animal anatomy and medicine veterinary medicine. roger bacon man middle ages 13th century ce english ideas on experimental science and convex lens spectacles for treating long-sightedness. pietro d'abano man middle ages 13th-14th century ce italian professor of medicine at the university of padua. joannes actuarius man middle ages 13th-14th century ce byzantine wrote the last great compendium of byzantine medicine ibn qayyim al-jawziyya man islamic golden age 13th-14th century ce unclear william of saliceto man middle ages 13th century ce italian henri de mondeville man middle ages 13th-14th century ce french mondino de luzzi man middle ages 13th-14th century ce italian carried out the first systematic human dissections since herophilus of chalcedon and erasistratus of ceos 1500 years earlier. guy de chauliac man middle ages 14th century ce french john arderne man middle ages 14th century ce english heinrich von pfolspeundt man middle ages 15th century ce german main article: list of physicians notes 1.^ assumed gender.