Celsus

• Aulus Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BCE-c. 50 CE) was a Roman Encyclopedist famous for his Treatise on Medicine, which was part of a much larger Encyclopedia, now a Lost Work.
• Nothing is known about the Life of Celsus.

Works

• ‘De Medicina’ (c. 47 CE)
  • An Encyclopedia of Medicine in 8 Books.
  • It was part of a much larger Encyclopedia covering many subjects, but now lost.

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