Moschion (physician)
Moschion, (Greek: Μοσχίων), a physician quoted by Soranus,[1] Andromachus,[2] and Asclepiades Pharmacion,[3] and who lived, therefore, in or before the 1st century. He may be the same person who was called the Corrector (Greek: Διορθωτής), because though he was one of the followers of Asclepiades of Bithynia, he ventured to controvert his opinions on some points.[4]
A physician of the same name is mentioned also by Soranus,[5] Plutarch,[6] Alexander of Tralles,[7] Aëtius[8] Pliny,[9] and Tertullian.[10]
In Byzantine times, a Latin treatise on gynecology by an otherwise unknown Muscio was translated into Greek; this author came to be wrongly identified with Moschion.[11]
Notes
- ^ ap. Galen, De Compos. Medicam. sec. Loc., i. 2, vol. xii.
- ^ ap. Galen, De Compos. Medicam. sec. Loc., vii. 2, vol. xiii.
- ^ ap. Galen, De Compos. Medicam. sec. Gen., iii. 9, vol. xiii.
- ^ Galen, De Differ. Puls., iv. 16, vol. viii.
- ^ Soranus, De Arte Obstetr.
- ^ Plutarch, Sympos., iii. 10.2
- ^ Alexander of Tralles, i. 15
- ^ Aëtius, iv. 3.13
- ^ Pliny, H. N., xix. 26.4
- ^ Tertullian, De Anima, c. 15
- ^ Owsei Temkin, (1991), Soranus' Gynecology, page xlv. JHU Press
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)
