De Medicina

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De Medicina is an influential first-century AD medical treatise by the Roman encyclopedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus, covering topics such as diet, pharmacology, surgery, and general medical practice in ancient Rome.

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De Medicina canonical 6
De Medicina in eight books 1

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instanceOf ancient Roman work
medical treatise
alsoKnownAs De Medicina libri octo
author Aulus Cornelius Celsus
citedBy later medical historians
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
covers dental problems
eye diseases
fevers
general medical theory
hygiene
internal diseases
pharmacological preparations
regimen and diet
skin diseases
surgical techniques
treatment of dislocations
treatment of fractures
treatment of wounds
dateWritten 1st century AD
describes ancient Roman medical practice
use of cautery
use of ligatures
use of surgical instruments
firstPrintedEdition 1478
genre encyclopedic work
medical literature
importance one of the most important surviving sources on Roman medicine
influenceOn Renaissance medicine
history of surgery
later Roman medicine
language Latin
notableFor clear Latin style
systematic organization of medical knowledge
partOf larger encyclopedic work by Celsus
philosophicalStance empirical orientation
skeptical of speculative theory
preservedIn medieval manuscripts
statusOfLargerWork other parts lost
structure eight books
subject dietetics
medical ethics
medicine
pathology
pharmacology
surgery
therapy
usedAs standard medical reference in the Renaissance

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Roman medicine hasText De Medicina
Aulus Cornelius Celsus knownFor De Medicina
Aulus Cornelius Celsus notableWork De Medicina
Aulus Cornelius Celsus workTitle De Medicina
Aulus Cornelius Celsus workStructure De Medicina in eight books
linked to: De Medicina
Celsus knownFor De Medicina
Celsus notableWork De Medicina