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 ⓘ