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John of Paris (sh) and dracunculiasis (medicine)


John of Paris (sh)




or Jean de Paris or John the Deaf or John Quidort

born งใ 1255, Paris, France
died Sept. 22, 1306, Bordeaux, Gascony

Dominican monk and disciple of St. Thomas Aquinas.

A lecturer at the University of Paris, he wrote on the separation of church and state and the limits of papal authority. His controversial view on the Nature of the Eucharist was censured, and he was sentenced to perpetual silence; he died before his appeal could be decided.


dracunculiasis (medicine)


dracunculiasis
Infection with nematodes of the genus dracunculus. One or more worms may be seen at a time, with the legs and feet being the most commonly infected areas. Symptoms include pruritus, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, or asthmatic attacks.