Aulus Cornelius Celsus – a famous Roman encyclopedist
The ancient Romans did not work as physicians, but they used the services of foreign doctors, mostly Greeks. During the times of the Roman Empire there emerged a class of well-educated patricians, who possessed knowledge in various field. Aulus Cornelius Celsus, the author of a voluminous work, was...
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| description | The ancient Romans did not work as physicians, but they used the services of foreign doctors, mostly Greeks. During the times of the Roman Empire there emerged a class of well-educated patricians, who possessed knowledge in various field. Aulus Cornelius Celsus, the author of a voluminous work, was one of such patricians. Of the numerous volumes of his encyclopaedia only a fragment on medicine in extant. The piece which remains intact is a collection of medical knowledge of those times. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8e43ff933dc44f59375a88370176f4a2023-06-30T12:47:57ZengUniversity of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, PolandHealth Promotion & Physical Activity2544-91172020-03-01101202210.5604/01.3001.0014.0664147Aulus Cornelius Celsus – a famous Roman encyclopedistJerzy Supady0Medical University of LodzThe ancient Romans did not work as physicians, but they used the services of foreign doctors, mostly Greeks. During the times of the Roman Empire there emerged a class of well-educated patricians, who possessed knowledge in various field. Aulus Cornelius Celsus, the author of a voluminous work, was one of such patricians. Of the numerous volumes of his encyclopaedia only a fragment on medicine in extant. The piece which remains intact is a collection of medical knowledge of those times.https://journals.anstar.edu.pl/index.php/hppa/article/view/147aulus cornelius celsusroman encyclopaedistmedicine in antiquity |
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