Titus Aufidius (medic)
Titus Aufidius was a in the second half of the 1st century BC. Living Greek doctor who came from Sicily .
He was a student of Asklepiades of Bithynia . In research he is identified as Titus , whom the late antique doctor Caelius Aurelianus referred to as a student of Asklepiades , who wrote a work on the soul (De anima) in at least two books and another on chronic diseases (Tardae passiones) . Against inflammation of the chest , Aufidius used toweling twice a day - which method of treatment Caelius Aurelianus refused - and as a remedy for mental illness he recommended tying and scourging the patient, exposing him to hunger and thirst, but also with wine to feed and to satisfy his sexual instinct.
literature
- Max Wellmann : Aufidius 13 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2290.
Remarks
- ↑ Stephanos of Byzantium , Ethnika , s. Dyrrachion .
- ↑ a b Caelius Aurelianus, De Morbis Acutis 2, 29, p. 144 ed. Amman, and De Morbis Chron. 1, 5, p. 339.
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| SURNAME | Aufidius, Titus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |