ISBN10: 0674993225, ISBN13: 9780674993228, [publisher: Harvard / Henemann / Loeb Classical Library] Hardcover
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1935]

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Celsus, a layman, provides in On Medicine more information about the condition of medical science up to his own time (probably first century AD) than any other author. Book 1 is on Greek schools of medicine and dietetics; Book 2 on prog ISBN 0674993225 9780674993228 [GB]

ISBN10: 0674993225, ISBN13: 9780674993228, [publisher: Harvard University Press] Hardcover Translated by W. G. Spencer. En latin et en anglais, Loeb Classical Library XIV + 499 pages Reliure éditeur, toilé rouge. Jaquette assortie. 11,5 x 17.
[La Chèvrerie, France] [Publication Year: 1971]
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Hardback. New. Celsus, a layman, provides in "On Medicine" more information about the condition of medical science up to his own time (probably first century CE) than any other author. Book I is on Greek schools of medicine and dietetics; Book II on prognosis, diagnosis, and general therapeutics; Book III on internal ailments; Book IV on local bodily diseases. ISBN 0674993225 9780674993228 [GB]

ISBN10: 0674993225, ISBN13: 9780674993228, [publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass] Hardcover Hardcover. A. Cornelius Celsus was author, probably during the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius (1437 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 1: after an excellent survey of Greek schools (Dogmatic, Methodic, Empiric) of medicine come sensible dietetics or health preservation which will always be applicable. Book 2 deals with prognosis, diagnosis of symptoms (which he stresses strongly), and general therapeutics. Book 3: internal ailments: fevers and general diseases. Book 4: local bodily diseases. Next come two pharmacological books, Book 5: treatment by drugs of general diseases; and Book 6: of local diseases. Books 7 and 8 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 ...

ISBN10: 0674993225, ISBN13: 9780674993228, [publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass] Hardcover Hardcover. A. Cornelius Celsus was author, probably during the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius (1437 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 1: after an excellent survey of Greek schools (Dogmatic, Methodic, Empiric) of medicine come sensible dietetics or health preservation which will always be applicable. Book 2 deals with prognosis, diagnosis of symptoms (which he stresses strongly), and general therapeutics. Book 3: internal ailments: fevers and general diseases. Book 4: local bodily diseases. Next come two pharmacological books, Book 5: treatment by drugs of general diseases; and Book 6: of local diseases. Books 7 and 8 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 ...