[402] Apparently the same as the King Philometor, mentioned below. See end of B. viii.
[403] Of this writer nothing seems to be known.
[404] See end of B. vii.
[405] Of Chalcedon, one of the most famous physicians of antiquity. He was physician to Phalaris, the tyrant of Sicily, and is said to have dissected criminals alive. He was the first that paid particular attention to the nervous system.
[406] A native of Iulis, in Cos, or else Ceos, grandson of Aristotle, and disciple of Theophrastus. He acquired great reputation as a physician, at the court of Seleucus Nicator, king of Syria, where he discovered the supposed disease of Prince Antiochus, who had fallen in love with his step-mother, Stratonice. Of his numerous medical works, only the titles and a few fragments exist.
[407] See end of B. vii.
[408] A physician of Laodicæa, founder of the school of the Methodici. He was a pupil of Asclepiades, and died about B.C. 43. Of his medical works only a few fragments survive.
[409] See end of B. ii.
[410] See end of B. viii.
[411] See end of B. viii.