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Asclepiades Pharmacion

100 – 200

Ancient Greek physician

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About Asclepiades Pharmacion

Lived 100 – 200. Asclepiades Pharmacion was a physician.

Asclepiades Pharmacion or Asclepiades Junior (; fl. 1st–2nd century) was a Greek physician. He is believed to have lived at the end of the 1st or the beginning of the 2nd century AD, as he quotes Andromachus, Dioscorides, and Scribonius Largus, and is himself quoted by Galen. He derived his surname of Pharmacion from his skill and knowledge of pharmacy, on which subject he wrote a work in ten books, five on external remedies, and five on internal. Galen quotes this work very frequently, and generally with approbation. Elsewhere Galen refers to several other physicians named "Asclepiades", but his references to "Asclepiades Junior" (ὁ Νεωτερος) are generally believed to be the same as Pharmacion.

The encyclopedic arrangement of De Medicina by Aulus Cornelius Celsus follows the tripartite division of medicine established by Hippocrates and Asclepiades — diet, pharmacology, and surgery."

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Born
100
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Died
200
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Frequently asked questions

Who was Asclepiades Pharmacion?

ancient Greek physician

When was Asclepiades Pharmacion born?

Asclepiades Pharmacion was born in 100.

When did Asclepiades Pharmacion die?

Asclepiades Pharmacion died in 200.

What was Asclepiades Pharmacion's occupation?

Asclepiades Pharmacion was a physician.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Asclepiades Pharmacion

· Wikidata: Q4803906

· DBpedia: Asclepiades Pharmacion

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