A. Cornelius Celsus was author, probably during the reign of the
Roman Emperor Tiberius (14-37 CE), of a general encyclopaedia of
agriculture, medicine, military arts, rhetoric, philosophy, and
jurisprudence, in that order of subjects. Of all this great work
there survives only the 8 books on medicine ("De Medicina"). Book
I: after an excellent survey of Greek schools (Dogmatic, Methodic,
Empiric) of medicine come sensible dietetics or health preservation
which will always be applicable. Book II: deals with prognosis,
diagnosis of symptoms (which he stresses strongly), and general
therapeutics. Book III: internal ailments: fevers and general
diseases. Book IV: local bodily diseases. Next come two
pharmacological books, Book V: treatment by drugs of general
diseases; and Book VI: of local diseases. Book VII and Book VIII
deal with surgery; these books contain accounts of many operations,
including amputation.
Celsus was not a professional doctor of medicine or a surgeon,
but a practical layman whose "On Medicine," written in a clear and
neat style, for lay readers, is partly a result of his medical
treatment of his household (slaves included) and partly a
presentation of information gained from many Greek authorities.
From no other source can we learn so much of the condition of
medical science up to his own time.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Celsus is in three
volumes.
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