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

SUMMARY

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


SUBJECT

  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