Heliodorus (surgeon)
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Heliodorus was a surgeon
in the 1st century AD, probably from Egypt
, and mentioned in the Satires of Juvenal. This Heliodorus wrote several books on medical technique which have survived in fragments and in the works of Oreibasius.
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
in the 1st century AD, probably from Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, and mentioned in the Satires of Juvenal. This Heliodorus wrote several books on medical technique which have survived in fragments and in the works of Oreibasius.