Paul of Aegina

Historiated initial from a 16th-century edition.

Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (Greek: Παῦλος Αἰγινήτης; Aegina, c. 625 – c. 690) was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books. He is considered the “Father of Early Medical Writing”.[1] For many years in the Byzantine Empire, his works contained the sum of all Western medical knowledge and was unrivaled in its accuracy and completeness.[2]

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  2. ^ Jütte, Robert (2008-05-12). Contraception: A History. Polity. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7456-3270-4.