Asclepiades

[ ăs′klə-pī′ə-dēz′ ]

fl. first century bc

Greek physician born in Bithynia who theorized that disease is caused by an inharmonious flow of the corpuscles of the body. His methods for restoring harmony in the body included diet, exercise, and bathing. Asclepiades also advocated humane treatment of the mentally ill.

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Their doctrine had already been established amongst the ancients by Asclepiades.

Curiosities of Medical Experience |J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
Athenodorus says hydrophobia, or water-dread, was first discovered in the time of Asclepiades.

Familiar Quotations |John Bartlett
Asclepiades the physician, that it is the concurrent exercitation of the senses.

Essays and Miscellanies |Plutarch
The physician Asclepiades had a ring with Urania represented upon it.

Finger-Ring Lore |William Jones

He was soon followed by one of his countrymen named Asclepiades.

Woman in Science |John Augustine Zahm

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