Rhétorique et Thérapeutique dans le De Medicina de Celse

The present book aims at analysing the relationship between rhetorics and the various therapeutics as exposed by Celsus, a Roman encyclopaedist of the 1st century A.D., in his treatise De medicina, or On Medicine. It’s a matter of offering an original global approach of the Celsian work, taking account of all of his aspects, from its publishing by its author to its potential practical use by a healer, either professional or not.

This study appears as a work in two parts. Indeed, the first concerns Celsus’ project and its realisation, i.e. the writing and reading of the De medicina. In the second part, Gautherie studies the practical use of the De medicina, both from an ethical and a technical point of view.