Author	Vallance, J. T
Title	The lost theory of Asclepiades of Bithynia [electronic resource] / J.T. Vallance
Imprint	Oxford : Clarendon, 1990
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198242482.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource (viii, 162 p.)

Asclepiades, who advocated a therapy involving wine and passive exercise, devised a peculiar physical theory to explain all biological phenomena. None of his work survives intact, but copious ancient testimonies allow us to reconstruct many details of the theory

1. Asclepiades
2. of Bithynia
3. approximately 130 B.C.-approximately 40 B.C
4. Medicine
5. Greek and Roman
6. Medicine -- Philosophy
7. Philosophy
8. Ancient