[2701] See end of B. xx.
[2702] Servilius Democrates, a Greek physician at Rome about the time of the Christian era. He probably received his prænomen from being a client of the Servilian family. Pliny speaks of him in B. xxiv. c. 28, and B. xxv. c. 49. He wrote several works on medicine in Greek Iambic verse, the titles and a few extracts from which are preserved by Galen.
[2703] Probably the same physician that is mentioned by Galen as belonging to the sect of the Empirici. See c. 39 of this Book.
[2704] See end of B. xx.
[2705] A fabulous king of Assyria, or Egypt, to whom was attributed the discovery of many remedies and medicaments. See B. xxx. c. 51, and B. xxxvii. c. 52.
[2706] See end of B. viii.
[2707] Beyond the mention made of his absurd remedy in c. 38 of the present Book, nothing seems to be known of this writer.
[2708] “Artes.” Medicine, religion, and the art of divination.
[2709] Ajasson remarks that, on the contrary, this is a subject of great doubt.
[2710] “Mathematicas artes.”