Medius (physician)
Medius (Greek: Μήδιος; 4th-3rd century BC) a Greek physician who was a pupil of Chrysippus of Cnidos,[1] and who lived therefore probably in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Galen says he was held in good repute among the Greeks,[2] and quotes him apparently as a respectable authority on an anatomical question.[3] Like the other pupils of Chrysippus, he entirely abstained from bloodletting.[3] He was, perhaps, the brother of Cretoxena, the mother of Erasistratus,[4] but could not have been much older.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)