Aulus Cornelius Celsus, fl. 50 A.D., author of treatises on medicine, rhetoric, history, philosophy, war and agriculture, of which De Re Medica is the only one which has survived. It is the oldest medical document after the Hippocratic writings, and, one of the earliest medical books to be printed (first edition Florence, 1478), has passed through numerous editions. The third book of this work contains the first use of the term insanity ( insania).

Aretaeus of Cappadocia, second half of the second century, A.D., Greek physician. His work, founded on that of Archigenes, comes nearer to the spirit and method of Hippocrates than that of any other Greek.

George Henisch, 1549-1618, Hungarian scholar, mathematician and physician, lived in Augsburg from 1576, and held various scholarly positions including that of dean of the college of medicine. This is his first edition of the work of Aretæus.

Hieronymus Mercurialis [Geronimo Mercuriali], 1530-1606, Italian physician, was professor of medicine at Padua, Bologne and Pisa. He was the author of the first systematic treatise on skin diseases, an illustrated treatise on medical gymnastics, and one of the earlier books on diseases of children. The first edition of the Variarum lectionum appeared in 1570; the first edition by Junta in 1588.