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Alexippus

4th-century BC Greek physician

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About Alexippus

Alexippus was a physician.

Alexippus (Ancient Greek: ) was an ancient Greek physician who was mentioned by Plutarch as having received a letter from Alexander the Great himself, to thank him for having cured one of his officers, a man named Peucestas, of a wound incurred during a bear hunt probably around 327 BC.

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Who was Alexippus?

4th-century BC Greek physician

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Alexippus was a physician.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alexippus

· Wikidata: Q4721390

· DBpedia: Alexippus

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