The first four books of Aur. Corn. Celsus, De re medica, with an Ordo verborum and literal translation / by John Steggall, M.D.

  • Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Date:
1853
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Credit: The first four books of Aur. Corn. Celsus, De re medica, with an Ordo verborum and literal translation / by John Steggall, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A. CORN. CELSI M E D I 0 I JNT ^ LIBER PRIMUS. Ut alimenta sanis corporibus Agricultura, sic sanitatem segris Medicina promittit. Ilajc nusquam qiiidem non est: siquidem etiam iaiperitissimse gentes hei'bas, alia- queprompta, in auxilium vulnerum morbonimque noverunt. Verun- tamen apud Grsecos aliquanto nia- gis, qiiam in csetoris nationibiis, exculta est: ac ne apud hos quidem a prima origine, scd panels ante nos seculis ; ntpote cum vetnstissi- mus auctor ^Esculapius celebretur. Qui quoniam adbuc rudem et vnlgaiem banc scientiam paulo subtilius excoluit, in Deorum nu- merum receptus est. Hujus deinde duo filii, Podalirius et Machaon, bello Trojano ducem Agamemuo- nem sccuti, non mediocrem opem Orilo Verborum. Ul Agricultura promittit alimenta sanis coiyoribus, sic Medicina {proviitlit sa- nitatem) (Bffris. Hcec ijuidem est non niisquam siquidem etiam imperitissimcB gentes noverunt herbas que alia prompta in auxilium vulne- rum que morboruin. J'erun- tamen exculta est apud Grce- cos aliquanto magis, quam in cceteris tiationibus;acne qui- dem apud hos a prima origine, sed j/aucis seculis ante nos ; utpote cum JEscidapius cele- bretur vetustissimus auctor. Qui, quoniam excoluit lianc scientiam adliucrudemetvul- garern,paulo subtiliiis,recep- tus est in numerum Deortim. Deinde duo filii hujus Podali- rius et Machaon, secuti Aga- memnonem ducem bello Tro- jano, attulerunt non medio- Transhdion. As Agriculture promises food to healthy bodies, so Medicine (promises) hcilth to the sick. This art indeed exists everywhere; for even the most unskilled nations knew herbs and other things fitted for the cure of wounds and diseases. However, it has been cultivated by the Greeks somewhat more than by other nations, and not even Ijy them from their first commenociment, but a few ages before our time; inasmuch as /I'lsculapius is celebrated as their most ancient author, who, because he cultivated this science, as yet rude and of low esteem, somewhat more accurately, was received into the number of their gods. Afterwards, his two sons, Podalirius and Machaon, having followed Agamemnon, their general, in the Trojan war, rendered no / /
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