Aaron of Alexandria
Aaron of Alexandria was a physician active in the 7th century. His works were translated into Arabic and Syriac, and were used later by al-Razi.[1]
Life and works
Aaron wrote 30 books on medicine, the "Pandects". He was the first medical author in antiquity who mentioned the diseases of small pox and measles.[2]
Notes
- A. F. L. Beeston (3 November 1983). Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period. Cambridge University Press. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-521-24015-4. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- Riggs, Christina (2012-06-21). The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt. Oxford University Press. pp. 311–312. ISBN 9780191626333. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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External links
- Lemprière, John (1808). Universal biography: containing a copious account, critical and historical, of the life and character, labors and actions of eminent persons, in all ages and countries, conditions and professions, arranged in alphabetical order : abridged from the larger work. Printed for T. Caldell and W. Davies. pp. 10–. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- Baldwin, Charles N.; Crapo, Henry Howland (1825). A Universal Biographical Dictionary: Containing the Lives of the Most Celebrated Characters of Every Age and Nation ... to which is Added, a Dictionary of the Principal Divinities and Heroes of Grecian and Roman Mythology; and Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Characters. pp. 3–. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- Crabb, George (1833). Universal Historical Dictionary: Or Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political and Eccles. History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics. Baldwin and Cradock. pp. 11–. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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