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The following is a list of ancient physicians who were known to have practised, contributed, or theorised about medicine in some form between the 30th century BCE and 4th century CE. 30th century to 1st century BCE
More or less: "The lofty physician Loftyman of Loftyville, son of a lofty father, is hidden here under a lofty crag in the loftiest of fatherlands," or "is covered by the lofty tomb of a very lofty peak." Some attributed the whole epigram to Simonides. [7] [8] [9] Pliny considers Acron as the first of the Empirics. [10]
The Public Physicians of Ancient Greece, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1956. Guido, Majno. The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World, Harvard University Press, 1975. Guthrie, W. K. C. A History of Greek Philosophy. Volume I: The earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans. Cambridge University Press: New York, 1962. ISBN 0-521-29420-7
Andron (physician) Apollodorus (physician) List of physicians named Apollonius; Archiater; Aristocles (physician) Ariston (physician) Asclepiades Philophysicus; Asclepiades Titiensis; Athenagoras (physician) Athenion (physician) Athenippus; Attalion
Panthea, Ancient Greek physician, wife and colleague of Glycon [3] Philinna of Thessaly, Ancient Greek physician [3] Peseshet, Egyptian physician (Fourth Dynasty) Pythias of Assos (4th century BCE), marine zoologist; Restituta (1st century), Ancient Roman physician [3] Salpe (1st century BCE), Greek midwife
List of ancient physicians; R. Rabâ-ša-Marduk; U. Ubartum This page was last edited on 25 September 2024, at 23:24 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Galen was concerned to combine philosophical thought with medical practice, as in his brief work That the Best Physician is also a Philosopher he took aspects from each group and combined them with his original thought. He regarded medicine as an interdisciplinary field that was best practiced by utilizing theory, observation, and ...
Hippocrates of Kos (/ h ɪ ˈ p ɒ k r ə t iː z /, Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, romanized: Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.