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PAULUS AEGINETA

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 254 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PAULUS AEGINETA  , a celebrated surgeon of the island of Aegina, whence he derived his name . According to Le Clerc's calculation, he lived in the 4th century of the Christian era; but Abulfaragius (Barhebraeus) places him with more probability in the 7th . The title of his most important
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work, as given by Suidas, is 'Elriro,ufjs 'IarptKn B03XLa 'Earr& . (Synopsis of
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Medicine in Seven Books), the 6th.
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book of which, treating of operative surgery, is of
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special
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interest for surgical
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history . The whole work in the
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original Greek was published at Venice in 1528, and another edition appeared at Basel in 1538 . Several Latin
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translations have been published, and an excellent
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English version, with commentary, by Dr F . Adams .(1844–1848) .

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