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Clarice di Durisio da Foggia (
fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
15th century), was an Italian eye
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and
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from
Foggia Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known ...
. She was educated at the University of Salerno and belonged to the minority of female students of her time period. She specialized in the diseases of the eye and was licensed to treat only female patients.


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* Year of birth missing Year of death missing 15th-century Italian physicians Medieval women physicians Schola Medica Salernitana 15th-century Italian women Medieval surgeons {{Italy-med-bio-stub