“trotula”, although it is not a woman’s name, is the documented name of a group of texts on women’s medicine that emerged in southern Italy in the twelfth century, probably Salerno. “trotula”, so, should be understood as a title that refers to the three texts in this group:

• Book on the conditions of women (Women are free from sinthomatibus)
• Treatments for women (Of the women who cares)
• Cosmetics for women (On their cordage)

For the first and third, the works are anonymous, but probably are written by male authors. As for the second, even the first manuscripts are attributed to the Trout healer. Instead of having written directly, But, Trota may be dictated parts of the work or, somehow, supervise their production.

virtually nothing. The statements about who is her husband or your children are completely unfounded. We can infer that lived sometime in the early decades of the twelfth century, but this is as close as we can get it. know, But, in addition to its association with the Curia mulierum, also wrote a Practica (Book of Practical Medicine) which includes its care in a number of medical problems. Aside from surgery (does not mention), she appears to have been a general practitioner and was not strictly limited to gynecology or obstetrics.

Not quite. There are more than five dozen of references in sources from the twelfth century and the beginning of the thirteenth century “Women of Salerno” (Salernitane women) as doctors. In addition, in Trota there is no credential to write a medical book or any, certainly, she had a “chair” at the "University". (In the twelfth century there was no university)