Agathe Streicher
In Ulm, Germany, this historical spot honours Agathe Streicher, a sixteenth-century pioneer of medicine. A statue and a street preserve her connection with the city. Born in 1520, she learned healing privately when women could not study medicine at universities. Her medical knowledge earned recognition in Ulm.
In 1561, Agathe Streicher received permission to take the Hippocratic Oath and practise as a non-academic physician. Her reputation reached prominent patients, including Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II. She became known for a remedy against bladder stones, while her business skills strengthened her independent practice. The statue keeps visible a physician who crossed the barriers surrounding women and medical education during the Renaissance.
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