Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books. He is considered the “Father of Early Medical Writing”.
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Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books. He is considered the “Father of Early Medical Writing”. For many years in the Byzantine Empire, his work contained the sum of all available medical knowledge and was unrivaled in its accuracy and completeness.
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 625 to 690 · aged 65
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