Aulus Cornelius Celsus

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Aulus Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BC – c. 50 AD) was a Roman encyclopedist, known for his extant medical work, De Medicina (On Medicine), which is believed to be the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopedia.

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