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 work, as given by
Suidas, is
Epitomes 'Iatrikes Biblia 'Epta (Synopsis of
Medicine in Seven Books), the 6th book of which, treating of operative surgery, is of special interest for surgical history. The whole work in the original
Greek was published at Venice in
1528, and another edition appeared at Basel in
1538. Several
Latin translations have been published, and an excellent English version, with commentary, by Dr F. Adams (
1844-
1848).
From an old 1911 Encyclopedia
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