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CAELIUS

Volume 5 · 71 words · 1823 Edition

Aurelianus, an ancient physician, and the only one of the sect of the Methodists of whom we have any remains. He was of Sicca, a town of Numidia; but in what age he lived, cannot be determined: it is probable, however, that he lived before Galen; since, though he carefully mentions all the physicians before him, he takes no notice of Galen. He had read over very diligently the ancient physi-