People/Characters Celsus
Works (9)
- Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
- Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation by Elaine Pagels
- Heresy: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God by Catherine Nixey
- Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations by Arnold van de Laar
- Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence by Hector Avalos
- Gout: The Patrician Malady by Roy Porter
- A Shift in Time: How Historical Documents Reveal the Surprising Truth about Jesus by Lena Einhorn
- Evangelical Lutheran Dogmatics I-IV by Adolf Hoenecke
- Renaissance Thought. A Reader by Robert Black
Description
| Description | Aulus Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BC – c. 50 AD) was a Roman encyclopedist, known for his extant medical work, De Medicina, which is believed to be the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopedia. The De Medicina is a primary source on diet, pharmacy, surgery and related fields, and it is one of the best sources concerning medical knowledge in the Roman world. The lost portions of his encyclopedia likely included volumes on agriculture, law, rhetoric, and military arts. He made contributions to the classification of human skin disorders in dermatology, such as myrmecia, and his name is often found in medical terminology regarding the skin, e.g., kerion celsi and area celsi. He is also the namesake of Paracelsus (lit. Above Celsus), a great Swiss alchemist and physician prevalent in the Medical Renaissance. Wikipedia |