Aulus Cornelius Celcus

Aulus Cornelius Celcus, more commonly known as Celcus, was a Roman scholar and writer of the 1st Century B.C.E. whose surviving work on medicine is the best known authority on medical knowledge among the Romans during his lifetime.
Although it is not known whether Celcus ever practiced medicine, he describes current practice in the field from what appears to be practical experience. His work is one of earliest to weigh the benefits of human experimentation against animal experimentation. He was one of the earliest advocates of supportive care, believing the body was capable of curing most diseases. Unlike Hippocrates, he frequently advocated surgery as a treatment. He was the first to describe the definitive symptoms of inflammation - warmth, pain, swelling and redness. He describes the preparation of narcotics. He describes early procedures to treat cataracts, kidney stones, and setting broken bones. He also coined the term cancer.
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