Philistion of Locri ( Greek: Φιλιστίων) was a Greek physician, medical and dietary author [1] who lived in the 4th century BC.
He was a native of Locri in Magna Graecia, [2] but was also referred to as "the Sicilian." [3] He was tutor to the physician Chrysippus of Cnidos, [4] and the astronomer and physician Eudoxus, [5] and therefore must have lived in the 4th century BC. He was one of those who defended the opinion that what is drunk goes into the lungs. [6] Some ancient writers attributed to Philistion the treatise De Salubri Victus Ratione, [7] and also the De Victus Ratione, [8] both of which form part of the Hippocratic collection. By some persons he was considered one of the founders of the Empiric school. [9] He wrote a work on materia medica, [10] and on Cookery, [11] and is several times quoted by Pliny, [12] and Galen. [13] Oribasius attributes to him the invention of a machine for restoring dislocations of the humerus. [14]
A brother of Philistion, who was also a physician, but whose name is not known, is quoted by Caelius Aurelianus. [15]
Notes
- ^ Dalby, Andrew (2013-04-15). Food in the Ancient World from A to Z. Routledge. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-135-95422-2.
- ^ Galen, De Meth. Med.. i. 1, vol. x; Rufus of Ephesus, De Corp. Hum. Part. Appell.; Plutarch, Symposium, vii. i. 3; Aulus Gellius, xvii. 11. 3
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 86, 89
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 89
- ^ Callimachus ap. Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 86
- ^ Plutarch, Symposium, vii. i. 3; Aulus Gellius, xvii. 11. 3
- ^ Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. De Rat. Vict. in Morb. Acut., i. 17, vol xv., Comment. in Hippocr. Aphor., vi. 1, vol. xviii. pt. i.
- ^ Galen, De Aliment. Facult., i. 1. vol. vi.
- ^ De Subfig. Empir., c. 1, vol. ii
- ^ Galen, De Succed., init. vol. xix.
- ^ Athenaeus, xii. 516
- ^ Pliny, H. N. xx. 15, 34, 48
- ^ Galen, De Nat. Facult., ii. 8, vol. ii., De Usu Respir., c. 1, vol. iv., De Meth. Med.. i. 3, ii. 5, vol. x.
- ^ Oribasius, De Machinam., c. 4
- ^ Caelius Aurelianus, De Morb. Chron., iii. 8, v. 1
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Philistion of Locri ( Greek: Φιλιστίων) was a Greek physician, medical and dietary author [1] who lived in the 4th century BC.
He was a native of Locri in Magna Graecia, [2] but was also referred to as "the Sicilian." [3] He was tutor to the physician Chrysippus of Cnidos, [4] and the astronomer and physician Eudoxus, [5] and therefore must have lived in the 4th century BC. He was one of those who defended the opinion that what is drunk goes into the lungs. [6] Some ancient writers attributed to Philistion the treatise De Salubri Victus Ratione, [7] and also the De Victus Ratione, [8] both of which form part of the Hippocratic collection. By some persons he was considered one of the founders of the Empiric school. [9] He wrote a work on materia medica, [10] and on Cookery, [11] and is several times quoted by Pliny, [12] and Galen. [13] Oribasius attributes to him the invention of a machine for restoring dislocations of the humerus. [14]
A brother of Philistion, who was also a physician, but whose name is not known, is quoted by Caelius Aurelianus. [15]
Notes
- ^ Dalby, Andrew (2013-04-15). Food in the Ancient World from A to Z. Routledge. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-135-95422-2.
- ^ Galen, De Meth. Med.. i. 1, vol. x; Rufus of Ephesus, De Corp. Hum. Part. Appell.; Plutarch, Symposium, vii. i. 3; Aulus Gellius, xvii. 11. 3
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 86, 89
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 89
- ^ Callimachus ap. Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 86
- ^ Plutarch, Symposium, vii. i. 3; Aulus Gellius, xvii. 11. 3
- ^ Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. De Rat. Vict. in Morb. Acut., i. 17, vol xv., Comment. in Hippocr. Aphor., vi. 1, vol. xviii. pt. i.
- ^ Galen, De Aliment. Facult., i. 1. vol. vi.
- ^ De Subfig. Empir., c. 1, vol. ii
- ^ Galen, De Succed., init. vol. xix.
- ^ Athenaeus, xii. 516
- ^ Pliny, H. N. xx. 15, 34, 48
- ^ Galen, De Nat. Facult., ii. 8, vol. ii., De Usu Respir., c. 1, vol. iv., De Meth. Med.. i. 3, ii. 5, vol. x.
- ^ Oribasius, De Machinam., c. 4
- ^ Caelius Aurelianus, De Morb. Chron., iii. 8, v. 1
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