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Author Vallance, J. T

Title The lost theory of Asclepiades of Bithynia / J.T. Vallance
Published Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 162 pages)
Summary Asclepiades, who advocated a therapy involving wine and passive exercise, devised a peculiar physical theory to explain all biological phenomena. None of his work survives intact, but copious ancient testimonies allow us to reconstruct many details of the theory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and indexes
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Subject Asclepiades, of Bithynia, approximately 130 B.C.-approximately 40 B.C.
SUBJECT Asclepiades, of Bithynia, approximately 130-approximately 40 B.C
Asclepiades, of Bithynia, approximately 130 B.C.-approximately 40 B.C. fast
Asclepiades (Bithynius) swd
Subject Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Medicine -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, Ancient.
History, Ancient
Philosophy, Medical -- history
Physicians -- history
Philosophy, Medical
Medicine, Greek and Roman
Medicine -- Philosophy
Philosophy, Ancient
Natuurgeneeswijzen.
Filosofie.
Klassieke oudheid.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0191680486
9780191680489