De Medicina (On Medicine)

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Title

De Medicina (On Medicine)

Subject

Reprint of Celsus' On Medicine for the late 17th century. This book is one of 45 editions published between 1478 to 1785.

Description

This version discusses tumors and its cures. The frontispiece shows a physician pulling a folly stone from a naked man while in the background framed by an architectural structure, a female statue stands with the caduceus

Creator

Aurelius Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BC - c. 50 AD)

Source

https://dental.nyu.edu/aboutus/rare-book-collection/17-c/aurelius-cornelius.html

Publisher

Amsterdam, 1687

Collection

Surgical Tracts

Citation

Aurelius Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BC - c. 50 AD), “De Medicina (On Medicine),” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/433.