Paulus of Aegina (625–690 CE)
Paulus was a seventh-century Greek physician about whom very little is known, though he is famous for his extensive treatise Medical Compendium in Seven Books.41 Much of the work refers to that recommended by preceding physicians and scientists, i.e.
a compilation of previous observations, though it also contains new ideas, and he appeared to have particular expertise in surgery. For all that, this is an excellent reference book and became understandably popular, particularly in the Arab world (it was translated into Arabic in the ninth century). Book VII deals exclusively with pharmacology. In his ‘Simples’ chapter he lists some 490 single botanical remedies, as well as mineral and animal remedies; he then describes simple and compound purgatives, antidotes, liniments, ointments and other preparations.More on the topic Paulus of Aegina (625–690 CE):
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