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Scribonius Largus
1st century AD Roman physician to the Roman emperor Claudius and author
Scribonius Largus Designatianus | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.
1 |
| Died | c.This article provides the first close comparative analysis of the Greek, Latin, and Hebrew versions of the 'Maria Story' or teknophagia, the account of the.50 (aged c. 49) |
| Occupation | Court physician to Claudius |
| Known for | Author of Compositiones |
| Notable work | Compositiones |
Scribonius Largus Designatianus (c. 1 – c. 50) was the court physician to the Roman emperor Claudius.
Around 47 AD, at the request of Gaius Julius Callistus, the emperor's freedman, he drew up a list of 271 prescriptions (Compositiones), most of them his own, although he acknowledged his indebtedness to his tutors, to friends, and to the writings of eminent physicians.[1] Certain traditional remedies are also included.
The work has no pretensions to style, and contains many colloquialisms,[2] and has been cited by Peter Suber as a forerunner of Open Access.[3] The greater part of it was transferred without acknowledgment to the work of M