Aulus Cornelius Celsus

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Aulus Cornelius Celsus was a Roman encyclopedist and medical writer best known for his influential treatise "De Medicina," one of the most important surviving sources on ancient medical knowledge and practice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman intellectual
ancient Roman writer
author
encyclopedist
medical writer
approximateDate reign of Tiberius
associatedWith classical medical tradition
citizenship Ancient Rome NERFINISHED
culture Roman
described dietetic therapy
pathology
pharmacology
signs of inflammation
surgical techniques
era early Roman Empire
fieldOfWork agriculture
encyclopedic writing
medicine
military science
philosophy
rhetoric
floruit 1st century CE
genre encyclopedic work
medical treatise
historicalSignificance major source on ancient medical knowledge
one of the earliest extensive Latin medical texts
influenced Renaissance medicine
later Roman physicians
influencedBy Greek medical writers
Hellenistic medicine
Hippocratic tradition NERFINISHED
knownFor De Medicina NERFINISHED
languageOfWork Latin
nameInLatin Aulus Cornelius Celsus NERFINISHED
notableWork De Medicina NERFINISHED
notedFor clear Latin prose style
systematic medical exposition
occupation encyclopedist
medical author
writer
sourceFor Roman dietetics
Roman medical theory
Roman pharmacology
Roman surgical practice
ancient Roman medicine
workStructure De Medicina in eight books NERFINISHED
workTitle De Artibus NERFINISHED
De Medicina NERFINISHED

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