He was born into a wealthy, noble family, which is how he was able to begin his education early on. Celsus went on to become one of the leading medical minds of his era. While many historians believe he could have been, there is no surviving evidence to prove Celsus actually practiced medicine as a physician (“Aulus Cornelius Celsus”). The common assumption is he studied under the experts and recorded his collected knowledge. He then used this knowledge to further his own discoveries and instruct doctors how to perform procedures. One of the texts he is most recognized for is De Medicina. It is book seven of his encyclopedia and is the only section to survive to the present day (Cartwright). Celsus was responsible for reporting many great medical discoveries. Among some of his most well known are epilepsy, mental illness, paranoia, heart attacks, ulcers, and tumors. Along with reporting about diseases, he recorded information about eye and plastic surgery, as well as how to treat fractures and dislocations. He also discovered you could remove the poison of a snake bite from someone’s body by sucking out the poison with your mouth (“Aulus Cornelius Celsus”). Celsus was the first to accurately describe the four stages of inflammation and the difference between acute and chronic diseases (Woods
He was born into a wealthy, noble family, which is how he was able to begin his education early on. Celsus went on to become one of the leading medical minds of his era. While many historians believe he could have been, there is no surviving evidence to prove Celsus actually practiced medicine as a physician (“Aulus Cornelius Celsus”). The common assumption is he studied under the experts and recorded his collected knowledge. He then used this knowledge to further his own discoveries and instruct doctors how to perform procedures. One of the texts he is most recognized for is De Medicina. It is book seven of his encyclopedia and is the only section to survive to the present day (Cartwright). Celsus was responsible for reporting many great medical discoveries. Among some of his most well known are epilepsy, mental illness, paranoia, heart attacks, ulcers, and tumors. Along with reporting about diseases, he recorded information about eye and plastic surgery, as well as how to treat fractures and dislocations. He also discovered you could remove the poison of a snake bite from someone’s body by sucking out the poison with your mouth (“Aulus Cornelius Celsus”). Celsus was the first to accurately describe the four stages of inflammation and the difference between acute and chronic diseases (Woods