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On acute diseases. On chronic diseases. Edited and translated by I.E. Drabkin.
Publication Details
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1950 CE.
The standard Latin texts and English translations. Regretably the medieval manuscripts on which the 16th century editions of Caelius Aurelianus were based did not survive. Nor have any other medieval codices of these texts survived, limiting critical analysis of the texts to the early printed editions and the fragments of Soranus’ extant Gynaecia and fragments of Caelius’ Latin translation of the work, along with Caelius’ extant Medicinales responsiones.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #12199 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/14409 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | on-acute-diseases-on-chronic-diseases-edited-and-translated-by-ie-drabkin- |
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Publication place: Chicago, IL