Medical Theory in Heraclides of Pontus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10290352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iain M Lonie (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Pages | 126-143 |
| Publication date | 1965-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852565x00124 |
| PMID | 19603568 |
| OpenAlex | W1996117902 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The physician and medical scientist Asclepiades of Bithynia 1) was distinguished by two qualities not invariably found in the history of Greek medicine: compassion and commonsense 2). He avoided the drastic remedies fashionable among his contemporaries and immediate predecessors, and thereby earned himself an unmerited reputation for charlatanism: this hostile tradition is reflected in the confused and unreliable report given by the Elder Pliny 3). Asclepiades was a man of some originality in the theory as well as in the practice of medicine ; in founding his theories upon a broad scientific view of the universe, he brought medical science back, after the lapse of over a century, to that fruitful marriage of philosophy and medicine which belongs to the best tradition of Greek medical theory. The scientific system which Asclepiades chose was atomistic, or rather corpuscular. Although he is sometimes described as an Epicurean, his system was not that of Epicurus, but the doctrine of
Art · Compassion · Doctrine · Epicureanism · Epistemology · Literature · Originality · Reputation · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Families in Therapy and Culture · History · History of Medicine Studies · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2012 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |