Paul of Aegina
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Empires, Dynasties, Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Doctors, Physicians, Nurses, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Paul of Aegina was a celebrated Byzantine physician, surgeon, and medical writer. His Epitome summarized nearly all medical knowledge of his time and had a profound influence on Western European, Arabic, and Persian medicine. His treatment of surgery is the best summary of ancient surgery that has survived.
Early Life
Little is known of the life and career of Paul of Aegina. He was born on the Greek island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf near Athens in the early seventh century. As a young man he studied at Alexandria in Egypt. At this...
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