University of Virginia Historical Collections at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

Aëtius, of Amida (502-575)

Aetii medici graeci contractae ex veteribvs medicinae Tetrabiblos, hoc est qvaternio, id est libri uniuersales quatuor…. Basileae: Froben, 1542. Fulltext online

Aëtius, Aetii medici graeci contractae…, front cover
Aëtius of Amida, Aetii medici graeci contractae…. Front cover.
Aëtius, Aetii medici graeci contractae…, title page
Aëtius of Amida, Aetii medici graeci contractae….
Aëtius, Aetii medici graeci contractae…, dedication
Aëtius of Amida, Aetii medici graeci contractae…. Dedication.

Aëtius of Amida was held in great esteem by Renaissance physicians and by the translator of this book, the renowned Janus Cornarius, who considered Aëtius the best of medical writers. Like Oribasius, Aëtius studied in Alexandria in the Byzantine period. His encyclopedia is basically a collection of excerpts from earlier writers, especially Galen.

next author: Alexander, of Tralles (ca. 525-ca. 605).