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    Cornelius Celsus—ancient encyclopedist, surgeon–scientist, or master of surgery?

    The Roman nobleman Cornelius Celsus (25 BC–AD 50) wrote a general encyclopedia (De Artibus) dealing with several subjects, among which some had medical content (De Medicina), an eight-volume compendium, includ...

    F. Köckerling, D. Köckerling, C. Lomas in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2013)