{"product_id":"loeb-classical-library-9780674993228","title":"Loeb Classical Library","description":"\u003cp\u003eA. Cornelius Celsus was author, probably during the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius (14–37 CE), of a general encyclopaedia of agriculture, medicine, military arts, rhetoric, philosophy, and jurisprudence, in that order of subjects. Of all this great work there survives only the 8 books on medicine (\u003ci\u003eDe Medicina\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook 1: after an excellent survey of Greek schools (Dogmatic, Methodic, Empiric) of medicine come sensible dietetics or health preservation which will always be applicable. Book 2 deals with prognosis, diagnosis of symptoms (which he stresses strongly), and general therapeutics. Book 3: internal ailments: fevers and general diseases. Book 4: local bodily diseases. Next come two pharmacological books, Book 5: treatment by drugs of general diseases; and Book 6: of local diseases. Books 7 and 8 deal with surgery; these books contain accounts of many operations, including amputation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCelsus was not a professional doctor of medicine or a surgeon, but a practical layman whose \u003ci\u003eOn Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, written in a clear and neat style, for lay readers, is partly a result of his medical treatment of his household (slaves included) and partly a presentation of information gained from many Greek authorities. From no other source can we learn so much of the condition of medical science up to his own time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Celsus is in three volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Celsus, W. G. Spencer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780674993228\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19350101\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43537876254781,"sku":"9780674993228","price":46.76,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780674993228.jpg?v=1788262952","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/loeb-classical-library-9780674993228","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}