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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S., Usama Talib, BSc, MD [2]

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Cornelius Caesus in A.D. 30 explained that tonsils are covered by a membrane and require to be separated and extracted by a process called tonsillectomy. This encyclopaedia was recovered in 1478 in Papal Library, after being lost for 1400 years.

• In the sixth and seventh centuries Aetius and Paul described surgical treatment of tonsillitis, as one of the most ancient surgical procedures.<ref name: "Tonsillitis" McGuire, Neil G. "A method of guillotine tonsillectomy with an historical review." The Journal of Laryngology & Otology 81.02 (1967): 187-196.</ref>