When ordered to appear before the Church Inquisition, he wisely chose to leave Province to travel for several years through Italy, Greece and Turkey. In 1538, an offhanded remark about a religious statue resulted in charges of heresy against Nostradamus. Not being able to save his wife and children caused him to fall out of favor in the community and with his patron, Scaliger. In 1534, his wife and children died-presumably of the plague-while he was traveling on a medical mission to Italy. There he married and in the next few years, had two children. 1n 1531, he was invited to work with a leading scholar of the time, Jules-Cesar Scaliger in Agen, in southwestern France. In time, Nostradamus found himself somewhat of a local celebrity for his treatments and received financial support from many of the citizens of Provence. His cure rate was impressive, though much can be attributed to keeping his patients clean, administering low-fat diets, and providing plenty of fresh air. He became known for creating a "rose pill," an herbal lozenge made of rosehips (rich in Vitamin C) that provided some relief for patients with mild cases of the plague. He didn't bleed his patients, instead of practicing effective hygiene and encouraging the removal of the infected corpses from city streets. Nostradamus had developed some very progressive methods for dealing with the plague. There was no known remedy at the time most doctors relied on potions made of mercury, the practice of bloodletting, and dressing patients in garlic soaked robes. Over the next several years, Nostradamus traveled throughout France and Italy, treating victims of the plague. At this time he Latinized his name - as was the custom of many medieval academics - from Nostradame to Nostradamus.
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Evidently, the school took a dim view of anyone who was involved in what was considered a "manual trade." However, most accounts state he was not expelled and received a license to practice medicine in 1525. There are some reports that university officials discovered his previous experience as an apothecary and found this reason to expel him from school. He sometimes expressed dissension with the teachings of the Catholic priests, who dismissed his notions of astrology.
In 1522 he entered the University of Montpelier to complete his doctorate in medicine. According to his own account, he traveled throughout the countryside during this time, researching herbal remedies and working as an apothecary. He was forced to leave after only one year, however, due to an outbreak of the bubonic plague.
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