Caelius Aurelianus

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Caelius Aurelianus (Siccensis) was a late antique Numidian doctor of the 5th century in the Roman Empire and author of medical writings. All that is known of his life is that he came from Sicca (possibly Sicca Veneria in what is now Tunis ) and that he followed the methodological school as a doctor . This knowledge can be found in an entry in a catalog of the Lorsch manuscripts , under which part of his writings (cf. the Lorsch Pharmacopoeia , which in the 8th century like Gariopont in the 11th century on the "Aurelius-Escolapius" of the 7th century Aurelianus falls back) had received. Stylistic studies lead to the conclusion that he lived and worked in the first half of the 5th century AD. His writings are a transmission of the knowledge of the Greek doctor Soranos (2nd century) and a free translation of his books into Latin . Also based on stylistic considerations, it is assumed that neither Greek nor Latin was his mother tongue. Since the works of Sorano have largely been lost, Caelius' surviving books give De morbis acutis et chronicis (three books on acute illnesses and five books on chronic illnesses) and the extensive fragments of the written Responsiones medicinales (a brief outline of medicine in question and answer) ) an invaluable insight into ancient Greek medical knowledge.

Editions of works and translations

  • Caelii Aureliani Siccensis medici vetusti secta methodici de morbis acutis et chronicis libri VIII. Amsterdam 1755.
  • Caelius Aurelianus. On acute diseases and on chronic diseases. Edited and translated by Israel E. Drabkin, Chicago 1950.
  • Celerum passionum libri III (= De morbis acutis); Tardarum passionum libri V (= De morbis diuturnis). Acute Diseases, Book I – III, Chronic Diseases, Book I – V. Edited by Gerhard Bendz and translated into German by Ingeborg Pape, 2 volumes, (Corpus Medicorum Latinorum, Vol. VI.1), Berlin 1990.

literature

  • Robert Fuchs: History of medicine among the Greeks , in: Max Neuberger / Julius Pagel: Handbook of Greek Medicine , Hildesheim, New York, 1971.
  • Max Wellmann : Caelius Aurelianus. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 1256-1258.
  • Valentin Rose : Anecdota Graeca et Graecolatina , Berlin, 1870.
  • Gerhard Bendz: Studies on Caelius Aurelianus and Cassius Felix. , (Skrifter utgivna av vetenskapssocieteten i Lund, vol. 55), Lund 1964.
  • Philippe Mudry (ed.): Le traité des Maladies aiguës et de Maladies chroniques de Caelius Aurelianus. Nouvelles approches. Actes du colloque de Lausanne 1996 . Nantes 1999, ISBN 2-86939-148-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christina Becela-Deller: Ruta graveolens L. A medicinal plant in terms of art and cultural history. (Mathematical and natural scientific dissertation Würzburg 1994) Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1998 (= Würzburg medical-historical research. Volume 65). ISBN 3-8260-1667-X , p. 235.
  2. ↑ Valentin Rose: From the Medicinales Responsiones of Caelius Aurelianus.
  3. ↑ Robert Fuchs: History of medicine among the Greeks.
  4. ↑ Celerum passionum libri III .
  5. ↑ Tardarum passionum libri V .
personal data
SURNAME Caelius Aurelianus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION late antique Numidian physician and author of medical writings
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century or 5th century
DATE OF DEATH 5th century