It is the most significant medical document following the hippocratic writings. Join facebook to connect with aulus cornelius celsus and others you may know. Ex libris royal college of physicians of edinburgh. These include two french, one italian and two english translations of the latin text from the 18th and 19th centuries. Marx teubner 1915, loeb 1938 lacuscurtius translations. The medical sections of his encyclopedia are the only ones which survive. Aulus cornelius celsus roman medical writer britannica. The works encyclopedic arrangement follows the tripartite division of medicine at the time as established by hippocrates and asclepiadesdiet, pharmacology, and surgeryand exhibits a level of medical. Cornelius celsusancient encyclopedist, surgeonscientist, or. Stein holds that celsus was a platonic philosopher of alexandna who. Aulus cornelius celsus 25 bc 50 ad aulus cornelius celsus c.
Pdf cornelius celsus ancient encyclopedist, surgeon. That one can call decircumcision restoration of the prepuce a plastic surgical procedure is suggested by celsus. National library of medicine history of medicine division provided support for entering this text. Pdf the contribution of aulus cornelius celsus 25 b. Donaldson 2014, celsus distinguishes between the empiric empiricist and the dogmatic rationalist schools. It is the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopedia. The editio princeps of celsus was printed in roman type in florence, just a quarter of a century after the appearance of the first printed books, in what was then a style of type less than a decade old.
This incunabulum originally meaning cradle, but now the accepted term for a book printed before 1501 is the oldest volume in our collection. Aulus cornelius celsus 25 bce50ce vaulted treasures. Celsus was a strict adherent to the teachings of the great greek physician, hippocrates 460377 b. It is surmised that he was born at narbonne in the south of france. Cornelius celsus of medicine aulus cornelius celsus. Written about ad 30, it remains the greatest medical treatise from ancient rome, and the first western history of medicine. It is the most important historical source for presentday knowledge of alexandrian and roman medicine. The works encyclopedic arrangement follows the tripartite division of medicine at the time as established by hippocrates and asclepiadesdiet, pharmacology, and surgeryand exhibits a. He was not esteemed as a scientist in his time, but his was one of the first works to be rediscovered and printed florence, 1478 during the renaissance and was very. Although the practice was quite advanced by that time, the first century a. Publication date 1935 topics medicine, greek and roman. Aulus cornelius celsus, robert constantin, theodoor jansson ab almeloveen. But better is the man who, although meeting with the work of celsus, needs no answer to it at all, but who despises all its contents, since they are contemned, and with good reason, by every. Aulus cornelius celsus author of on medicine, volume ii.
His account of decircumcision raises important medical and historical questions. Aulus cornelius celsus, one of the greatest roman medical writers, author of an encyclopaedia dealing with agriculture, military art, rhetoric, philosophy, law, and medicine, of which only the medical portion has survived. Jun 07, 2016 aulus cornelius celsus aulus cornelius celsus um 25 v. Publication date 1838 topics medicine, greek and roman publisher. This text was converted to electronic form by data entry and has been proofread to a high level of accuracy. They were only rediscovered around 1480 in the vatican library. Hanna holborn gray undergraduate research fellowship. Aulus cornelius celsus article about aulus cornelius. Publication date 1935 topics medicine, greek and roman, latin language materials publisher. He was not esteemed as a scientist in his time, but his was one of the first works to be rediscovered and printed florence, 1478 during the renaissance and was very influential, largely because of its. Cornelius celsusancient encyclopedist, surgeonscientist. Aulus cornelius celsus may have been only a writer and an editor, and not a practicing physician, but in his time the difference between what a learned person and a doctor knew about medicine might not have been great. The type of the 1478 celsus is easily legible more than 500 years after the sheets left the press for all that, in some aspects of its design and execution. Aulus cornelius celsus, flourished 1st century ad, rome, one of the greatest roman medical writers, author of an encyclopaedia dealing with agriculture, military art, rhetoric, philosophy, law, and medicine, of which only the medical portion has survived.
Latin edition celsus, aulus cornelius, targa, leonardo, giovanni lodovico bianconi on. Celsus describes empirics as proponents of empirical observation to decide whether a treatment was followed by its hopedfor effects, based on. Aulus cornelius celsus definition of aulus cornelius celsus. Aldina alii leg alii legunt aliis aliquo almeloveenius antea legebatur antiquis aqua. Aulus cornelius celsus aulus cornelius celsus um 25 v. Celsus also discussed the value of human and animal experimentation. Aulus cornelius celsus and empirical and dogmatic medicine. Aulus cornelius celsus definition of aulus cornelius. Aulus cornelius celsus 1st century ce science museum. Celsus describes empirics as proponents of empirical observation to decide whether a treatment was followed by its hopedfor effects, based on empirical observations. Aulus aurelius cornelius, roman physician and medical writer, ca. Aulus cornelius celsus article about aulus cornelius celsus. View the profiles of people named aulus cornelius celsus.
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