Moschion, ( Greek: Μοσχίων), is a physician quoted by Soranus, [1] Andromachus, [2] and Asclepiades Pharmacion, [3] who lived 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
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