De Medicina (All 8 Volumes)
Enriched edition. Ancient Greek Encyclopaedia of Medicine,Diet, Pharmacology and SurgeryBy Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Length21h 42m
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Aulus Cornelius Celsus's "De Medicina" presents a comprehensive treatise on the medical knowledge of the first century CE, encapsulating the intellectual vigor of Roman medicine. This eight-volume work meticulously details various aspects of medical theory and practice, including diagnostics, surgical procedures, and pharmacology. Celsus's literary style embodies a blend of empirical observation and philosophical discourse, showcasing a systematic method that underscores the significance of reliable information in the pragmatic context of health care. His meticulous organization and clarity enable readers to navigate complex medical concepts, firmly situating his work within both Roman literature and the broader Hellenistic scientific tradition. Celsus, a Roman scholar whose life spanned the transition from the Republic to the Empire, was guided by a profound commitment to knowledge and practicality in the medical field. His diverse interests, which included philosophy and agriculture, alongside his extensive studies in Greek medical texts, provided him with a unique perspective. This rich background influenced his desire to synthesize existing medical knowledge, rendering it accessible not only to practitioners of his time but also to posterity. "De Medicina" is a crucial text for anyone interested in the history of medicine, offering invaluable insights into ancient medical practices and theories. Scholars, practitioners, and general readers alike will find this work both enlightening and practical, serving as a profound bridge between ancient scholarship and the continuing evolution of medical literature.
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- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
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Table of contents
1Introduction
108CHAP. IV. MEDICINES FOR OPENING WOUNDS.
2Introduction
109CHAP. V. CLEANSERS.
3Synopsis (Selection)
110CHAP. VI. CORRODING MEDICINES.
4Historical Context
111CHAP. VII. EATING MEDICINES.
5Author Biography
112CHAP. VIII. CAUSTICS.
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6PREFACE.
113CHAP. IX. MEDICINES FOR FORMING CRUSTS UPON ULCERS.
7BOOK I.
114CHAP. X. RESOLVENTS FOR CRUSTS.
8CHAP. I. RULES FOR THE HEALTHY.
115CHAP. XI. DISCUTIENTS.
9CHAP. II. RULES FOR VALETUDINARY PEOPLE.
116CHAP. XII. EVACUATING AND DRAWING MEDICINES.
10CHAP. III. SOME OBSERVATIONS SUITED TO NEW INCIDENTS, AND THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS, SEXES, AND AGES, AND THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
117CHAP. XIII. LENIENTS.
11CHAP. IV. RULES FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A WEAKNESS IN THE HEAD.
118CHAP. XIV. INCARNING MEDICINES.
12CHAP. V. DIRECTIONS FOR THOSE THAT LABOUR UNDER A LIPPITUDE, GRAVEDO, CATARRH, AND DISORDERS OF THE TONSILS.
119CHAP. XV. EMOLLIENTS.
13CHAP. VI. THE PROPER REGIMEN FOR PEOPLE LIABLE TO A PURGING.
120CHAP. XVI. CLEANSERS OF THE SKIN.
14CHAP. VII. RULES FOR THOSE THAT ARE LIABLE TO A PAIN OF THE COLON.
121CHAP. XVII. OF THE MIXTURE OF SIMPLES; AND OF THE PROPORTION OF THE WEIGHTS.
15CHAP. VIII. RULES FOR ONE THAT HAS A WEAK STOMACH.
122CHAP. XVIII. OF MALAGMAS.
16CHAP. IX. DIRECTIONS FOR THOSE THAT ARE LIABLE TO PAINS OF THE NERVES.
123CHAP. XIX. OF PLAISTERS.
17CHAP. X. DIRECTIONS IN A PESTILENCE.
124CHAP. XX. OF TROCHES.
18BOOK II.
125CHAP. XXI. OF PESSARIES.
19CHAP. I. OF THE DIFFERENT SEASONS, WEATHER, AGES, CONSTITUTIONS, AND THE DISEASES PECULIAR TO EACH.
126CHAP. XXII. MEDICINES USED EITHER IN A DRY FORM, OR MIXED WITH LIQUIDS.
20CHAP. II. OF THE SIGNS OF AN APPROACHING ILLNESS.
127CHAP. XXIII. OF ANTIDOTES, AND THEIR USES.
21CHAP. III. GOOD SYMPTOMS IN SICK PEOPLE.
128CHAP. XXIV. OF ACOPA.
22CHAP. IV. BAD SYMPTOMS IN SICK PEOPLE.
129CHAP. XXV. OF CATAPOTIA.
23CHAP. V. SIGNS OF LONG SICKNESS.
130CHAP. XXVI. OF FIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DISORDERS INCIDENT TO THE BODY; AND OF THE NATURE, SYMPTOMS, AND CURE OF WOUNDS.
24CHAP. VI. THE SYMPTOMS OF DEATH.
131CHAP. XXVII. OF WOUNDS CAUSED BY BITES; POISONS TAKEN INTERNALLY; AND BURNS.
25CHAP. VII. OF THE SIGNS IN PARTICULAR DISEASES.
132CHAP. XXVIII. OF EXTERNAL DISORDERS PROCEEDING FROM AN INTERNAL CAUSE, AND THEIR CURE.
26CHAP. VIII. WHAT SYMPTOMS ARE DANGEROUS, OR HOPEFUL IN PARTICULAR DISEASES.
133BOOK VI.
27CHAP. IX. OF THE CURE OF DISEASES.
134CHAP. II. OF A PORRIGO.
28CHAP. X. OF BLEEDING.
135CHAP. III. OF THE SYCOSIS.
29CHAP. XI. OF CUPPING.
136CHAP. IV. OF AREAE.
30CHAP. XII. OF PURGING.
137CHAP. V. OF VARI, LENTICULAE, AND EPHELIDES.
31CHAP. XIII. OF VOMITING.
138CHAP. VI. OF THE DISORDERS OF THE EYES.
32CHAP. XIV. OF FRICTION.
139CHAP. VII. OF THE DISEASES OF THE EARS.
33CHAP. XV. OF GESTATION.
140CHAP. VIII. OF THE DISEASES OF THE NOSE.
34CHAP. XVI. OF ABSTINENCE.
141CHAP. IX. OF THE TOOTHACH.
35CHAP. XVII. OF SWEATING.
142CHAP. X. OF THE DISEASES OF THE TONSILS.
36CHAP. XVIII. OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD AND DRINK.
143CHAP. XI. OF ULCERS OF THE MOUTH.
37CHAP. XIX. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT FOODS.
144CHAP. XII. OF ULCERS OF THE TONGUE.
38CHAP. XX. OF THINGS CONTAINING GOOD JUICES.
145CHAP. XIII. OF PARULIDES AND ULCERS IN THE GUMS.
39CHAP. XXI. OF FOODS CONTAINING BAD JUICES.
146CHAP. XIV. OF AN INFLAMMATION OF THE UVULA.
40CHAP. XXII. OF MILD AND ACRID THINGS.
147CHAP. XV. OF A GANGRENE OF THE MOUTH.
41CHAP. XXIII. OF THOSE THINGS WHICH GENERATE A THICK AND A FLUID PHLEGM.
148CHAP. XVI. OF PAROTID SWELLINGS.
42CHAP. XXIV. OF WHAT AGREES WITH THE STOMACH.
149CHAP. XVII. OF A PROMINENT NAVEL.
43CHAP. XXV. OF THINGS HURTFUL TO THE STOMACH.
150CHAP. XVIII. OF THE DISEASES OF THE PRIVATE PARTS.
44CHAP. XXVI. OF THOSE THINGS, WHICH OCCASION FLATULENCIES, AND THE CONTRARY.
151CHAP. XIX. OF ULCERS IN THE FINGERS.
45CHAP. XXVII. OF THOSE THINGS WHICH HEAT AND COOL.
152BOOK VII.
46CHAP. XXVIII. OF WHAT IS EASILY CORRUPTED IN THE STOMACH, AND THE CONTRARY.
153CHAP. I. OF CONTUSIONS.
47CHAP. XXIX. OF WHAT OPENS THE BELLY.
154CHAP. II. OF THE OPERATIONS NECESSARY IN SUPPURATED TUMOURS.
48CHAP. XXX. OF WHAT BINDS THE BELLY.
155CHAP. III. OF THE GOOD OR BAD SYMPTOMS OF SUPPURATIONS.
49CHAP. XXXI. OF DIURETIC MEATS AND DRINKS.
156CHAP. IV. OF FISTULAS.
50CHAP. XXXII. OF SOPORIFEROUS AND EXCITING THINGS.
157CHAP. V. OF EXTRACTING WEAPONS OUT OF THE BODY.
51CHAP. XXXIII. OF THOSE THINGS, WHICH DRAW, REPEL, OR COOL, OR HEAT, OR HARDEN, OR SOFTEN.
158CHAP. VI. OF A GANGLION, MELICERIS, ATHEROMA, STEATOMA, AND OTHER TUBERCLES OF THE HEAD.
52BOOK III.
159CHAP. VII. OF THE DISEASES OF THE EYES, WHICH ARE CURED BY MANUAL OPERATIONS.
53CHAP. II. GENERAL DIAGNOSTICS OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC, INCREASING AND DECLINING DISEASES; THE DIFFERENCE OF REGIMEN IN EACH; AND PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY UPON THE APPREHENSION OF AN APPROACHING ILLNESS.
160CHAP. VIII. OF THE OPERATIONS REQUISITE IN THE EARS.
54CHAP. III. OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF FEVERS.
161CHAP. IX. THE OPERATION NECESSARY IN A WANT OF SUBSTANCE IN THE EARS, LIPS, AND NOSE.
55CHAP. IV. OF THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF CURE.
162CHAP. X. OF THE EXTIRPATION OF A POLYPUS IN THE NOSE.
56CHAP. V. PARTICULAR DIRECTIONS FOR THE GIVING OF FOOD IN THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FEVERS.
163CHAP. XI. OF THE CHIRURGICAL CURE OF AN OZÆNA.
57CHAP. VI. THE PROPER TIMES FOR GIVING DRINK TO PERSONS IN FEVERS, AND THE KINDS OF ALIMENT SUITED TO THE SEVERAL STAGES OF THE DISTEMPER, TOGETHER WITH SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
164CHAP. XII. OF THE OPERATIONS REQUISITE IN THE MOUTH.
58CHAP. VII. OF THE CURE OF PESTILENTIAL AND ARDENT FEVERS.
165CHAP. XIII. OF THE BRONCHOCELE.
59CHAP. VIII. THE CURE OF A SEMITERTIAN.
166CHAP. XIV. OF THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AT THE NAVEL.
60CHAP. IX. THE CURE OF SLOW FEVERS.
167CHAP. XV. THE METHOD OF DISCHARGING THE WATER IN HYDROPICK PEOPLE.
61CHAP. X. REMEDIES FOR THE CONCOMITANT SYMPTOMS OF FEVERS.
168CHAP. XVI. OF WOUNDS OF THE BELLY AND INTESTINES.
62CHAP. XI. REMEDIES AGAINST A COLDNESS OF THE EXTREMITIES PRECEDING A FEVER.
169CHAP. XVII. OF A RUPTURE OF THE PERITONAEUM.
63CHAP. XII. THE CURE OF A SHUDDERING BEFORE FEVERS.
170CHAP. XVIII. A DESCRIPTION OF THE TESTICLES, AND THEIR DISEASES.
64CHAP. XIII. THE CURE OF A QUOTIDIAN FEVER,
171CHAP. XIX. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR OPERATIONS IN THE FOREGOING DISEASES ABOUT THE TESTICLES.
65CHAP. XIV. THE CURE OF A TERTIAN FEVER.
172CHAP. XX. OF THE CURE OF A RUPTURE OF THE INTESTINE INTO THE SCROTUM.
66CHAP. XV. THE CURE OF A QUARTAN FEVER.
173CHAP. XXI. OF THE CURE OF A RUPTURE OF THE OMENTUM INTO THE SCROTUM.
67CHAP. XVI. THE CURE OF A DOUBLE QUARTAN.
174CHAP. XXII. OF A RAMEX IN THE SCROTUM.
68CHAP. XVII. THE CURE OF A QUOTIDIAN ARISING FROM A QUARTAN.
175CHAP. XXIII. OF A SARCOCELE.
69CHAP. XVIII. OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF MADNESS AND THEIR CURE.
176CHAP. XXIV. OF A RAMEX IN THE GROIN.
70CHAP. XIX. OF THE CARDIAC DISORDER AND ITS CURE.
177CHAP. XXV. THE OPERATIONS REQUISITE IN THE DISORDERS OF THE PENIS.
71CHAP. XX. OF THE LETHARGY, AND ITS CURE.
178CHAP. XXVI. OF THE OPERATION NECESSARY IN A SUPPRESSION OF URINE, AND LITHOTOMY.
72CHAP. XXI. OF THE SEVERAL SPECIES OF THE DROPSY AND THEIR CURE.
179CHAP. XXVII. OF A GANGRENE AFTER CUTTING FOR THE STONE.
73CHAP. XXII. OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF CONSUMPTION AND THEIR CURE.
180CHAP. XXVIII. OF THE OPERATIONS REQUIRED WHEN A MEMBRANE, OR FLESH OBSTRUCTS THE VAGINA IN WOMEN.
74CHAP. XXIII. OF THE EPILEPSY AND ITS CURE.
181CHAP. XXIX. THE METHOD OF EXTRACTING A DEAD FOETUS OUT OF THE WOMB.
75CHAP. XXIV. OF THE JAUNDICE AND ITS CURE.
182CHAP. XXX. THE OPERATIONS REQUIRED IN DISEASES OF THE ANUS.
76CHAP. XXV. OF THE ELEPHANTIASIS, AND ITS CURE.
183CHAP. XXXI. OF VARICES IN THE LEGS.
77CHAP. XXVI. OF APOPLECTIC PATIENTS, AND THEIR CURE.
184CHAP. XXXII. OPERATIONS REQUIRED IN COHERING AND CROOKED FINGERS.
78CHAP. XXVII. OF THE PALSY, AND ITS CURE.
185CHAP. XXXIII. OF THE OPERATION REQUIRED IN A GANGRENE.
79BOOK IV.
186BOOK VIII.
80CHAP. II. OF THE DISORDERS OF THE HEAD, AND THEIR CURE.
187CHAP. II. GENERAL DIVISION OF DISORDERS IN THE BONES. OF A BLACKNESS AND CARIES, AND THEIR TREATMENT.
81CHAP. III. OF THE DISEASES OF THE NECK, AND THEIR CURE.
188CHAP. III. OF THE USE OF THE MODIOLUS AND PERFORATOR, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BONES OF THE HEAD.
82CHAP. IV. OF THE DISEASES IN THE FAUCES, AND THEIR CURE.
189CHAP. IV. OF FRACTURES OF THE SKULL.
83CHAP. V. OF THE DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH, AND THEIR CURE.
190CHAP. V. OF FRACTURES OF THE NOSE.
84CHAP. VI. OF PAINS OF THE SIDES, AND THEIR CURE.
191CHAP. VI. OF FRACTURES OF THE EARS.
85CHAP. VII. OF A PERIPNEUMONY, AND ITS CURE.
192CHAP. VII. OF A FRACTURED MAXILLA, TOGETHER WITH SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS RELATING TO FRACTURES.
86CHAP. VIII. OF THE DISEASE OF THE LIVER, AND ITS CURE.
193CHAP. VIII. OF A FRACTURED CLAVICLE.
87CHAP. IX. OF THE DISORDER OF THE SPLEEN, AND ITS CURE.
194CHAP. IX. OF FRACTURES OF THE RIBS AND SPINE.
88CHAP. X. OF THE DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS, AND THEIR CURE.
195CHAP. X. OF FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUS, FORE-ARM, THIGH, LEG, FINGERS, AND TOES.
89CHAP. XI. OF THE CHOLERA, AND ITS CURE.
196CHAP. XI. OF LUXATIONS.
90CHAP. XII. OF THE COELIAC DISTEMPER OF THE STOMACH, AND ITS CURE.
197CHAP. XII. OF A LUXATED MAXILLA.
91CHAP. XIII. OF THE DISTEMPER OF THE SMALL GUT, AND ITS CURE.
198CHAP. XIII. OF A LUXATION OF THE HEAD.
92CHAP. XIV. OF THE DISEASE OF THE LARGE INTESTINE, AND ITS CURE.
199CHAP. XIV. OF A LUXATION IN THE SPINE.
93CHAP. XV. OF A DYSENTERY, AND ITS CURE.
200CHAP. XV. OF A LUXATION OF THE HUMERUS.
94CHAP. XVI. OF A LIENTERY, AND ITS CURE.
201CHAP. XVI. OF A LUXATION OF THE CUBITUS.
95CHAP. XVII. OF WORMS IN THE BELLY, AND THEIR CURE.
202CHAP. XVII. OF A LUXATED HAND.
96CHAP. XVIII. OF A TENESMUS, AND ITS CURE.
203CHAP. XVIII. OF LUXATIONS IN THE PALM.
97CHAP. XIX. OF A SIMPLE PURGING, AND ITS CURE.
204CHAP. XIX. OF LUXATED FINGERS.
98CHAP. XX. OF THE DISEASES OF THE WOMB, AND THEIR CURE.
205CHAP. XX. OF A LUXATION OF THE FEMUR.
99CHAP. XXI. OF AN EXCESSIVE DISCHARGE OF SEMEN, AND ITS CURE.
206CHAP. XXI. OF A LUXATION OF THE KNEE.
100CHAP. XXII. OF THE DISEASE OF THE HIPS, AND ITS CURE.
207CHAP. XXII. OF A LUXATED ANCLE.
101CHAP. XXIII. OF A PAIN IN THE KNEES, AND ITS CURE.
208CHAP. XXIII. OF LUXATIONS IN THE SOLES OF THE FEET.
102CHAP. XXIV. OF THE DISEASES IN THE JOINTS OF THE HANDS AND FEET, AND THEIR CURE.
209CHAP. XXIV. OF LUXATED TOES.
103CHAP. XXV. OF THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS RECOVERING.
210CHAP. XXV. OF LUXATIONS ATTENDED WITH A WOUND. (pt. 1)
104BOOK V.
211CHAP. XXV. OF LUXATIONS ATTENDED WITH A WOUND. (pt. 2)
105CHAP. I. MEDICINES FOR STOPPING BLOOD.
212Analysis
106CHAP. II. AGGLUTINANTS AND RESTRINGENTS.
213Reflection
107CHAP. III. MEDICINES FOR PROMOTING A SUPPURATION.
214Memorable Quotes
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