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

Aėtius, of Amida (502-575).

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

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

Aėtius was held in great esteem by Renaissance physicians and by the translator of this book, the renowned Janus Cornarius, who considered Aėtius the best of medical writers. Like Oribasius, Aėtius 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).