De Medicina Digital Hippocrates Collection Table of Contents
A. Cornelii Celsi
De Medicina Prooemium
Liber I
Liber II PROOEMIUM
Liber III
Liber IV
Liber V
Liber VI
Liber VII PROOEMIUM
Liber VIII
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Liber VII PROOEMIUM
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[p. 296] partem diligentissime conprehendit . Gorgias quoque et Sostratus et Heron et Apollonii duo et Hammonius Alexandrini multique alii celebres viri singuli quaedam reperierunt. Ac Romae quoque non mediocres professores , maximeque nuper Tryphon pater et Euelpistus et , ut scriptis eius intellegi potest , horum eruditissimus Meges quibusdam in melius mutatis aliquantum ei disciplinae adiecerunt .
Esse autem chirurgus debet adulescens aut certe adulescentiae propior; manu strenua , stabili , nec umquam intremescente, eaque non minus sinistra quam dextra promptus ; acie oculorum acri clarique ; animo intrepidus ; misericors sic , ut sanari velit eum , quem accepit , non ut clamore eius motus vel magis quam res desiderat properet, vel minus quam necesse est secet ; sed perinde faciat omnia , ac si nullus ex vagitibus alterius adfectus oriatur .
Potest autem requiri , quid huic parti proprie vindicandum sit , quia vulnerum quoque ulcerumque multorum curationes , quas alibi (V.26 seqq.) executus sum , chirurgi sibi vindicant. Ego eundem quidem hominem posse omnia ista praestare concipio ; atque ubi se diviserunt , eum laudo qui quam plurimum percepit . Ipse autem huic parti ea reliqui , in quibus vulnus facit medicus , non accipit , et in quibus vulneribus ulceribusque plus profici manu quam medicamento credo ; tum quicquid ad ossa pertinet . Quae deinceps exequi adgrediar , dilatisque in aliud volumen (VIII) ossibus in hoc cetera explicabo ;
