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Themison of Laodicea, , 1st century BC, was the founder of the Methodic school
Methodic school

The Methodic school of medicine was an ancient school of medicine in Ancient Greek medicine and Medicine in ancient Rome. Their history begins with Themison of Laodicea, a pupil of Asclepiades of Bithynia in the 1st century BC....
 of medicine
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, and one of the most eminent physicians of his time.

He was a native of Laodicea in Syria, and a pupil of Asclepiades of Bithynia
Asclepiades of Bithynia

Asclepiades was a Ancient Greek medicine born at Cius in Bithynia in Asia Minor and flourished at Rome, where he established Greek medicine near the end of the 2nd century BCE....
. Nothing more is known about the events of his life except that he seems to have travelled a great deal; as he mentions Crete
Crete

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
 and Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, apparently as an eye-witness. Neither is it certain if he ever visited Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, though it is perhaps more probable that he did so.






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Themison of Laodicea, , 1st century BC, was the founder of the Methodic school
Methodic school

The Methodic school of medicine was an ancient school of medicine in Ancient Greek medicine and Medicine in ancient Rome. Their history begins with Themison of Laodicea, a pupil of Asclepiades of Bithynia in the 1st century BC....
 of medicine
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, and one of the most eminent physicians of his time.

He was a native of Laodicea in Syria, and a pupil of Asclepiades of Bithynia
Asclepiades of Bithynia

Asclepiades was a Ancient Greek medicine born at Cius in Bithynia in Asia Minor and flourished at Rome, where he established Greek medicine near the end of the 2nd century BCE....
. Nothing more is known about the events of his life except that he seems to have travelled a great deal; as he mentions Crete
Crete

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
 and Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, apparently as an eye-witness. Neither is it certain if he ever visited Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, though it is perhaps more probable that he did so. He differed from his teacher on several points in his old age, and became the founder of a new sect called the Methodic school
Methodic school

The Methodic school of medicine was an ancient school of medicine in Ancient Greek medicine and Medicine in ancient Rome. Their history begins with Themison of Laodicea, a pupil of Asclepiades of Bithynia in the 1st century BC....
 (Methodici), which long exercised an extensive influence on medical science. He wrote several medical works, but in what language is not mentioned; of these only the titles and a few fragments remain, preserved principally by Caelius Aurelianus
Caelius Aurelianus

Caelius Aurelianus was a Roman empire physician and writer on medical topics, of Sicca in Numidia. He is best known for his translation from Greek to Latin of a work by Soranus of Ephesus, On Acute and Chronic Diseases....
, for example: Libri Periodici; Epistolae in at least nine books; Celeres Passiones in at least two books; Tardae Passiones in at least two books; Liber Salutaria; De Plantagine.

He was perhaps the first physician who made use of leech
Leech

Leeches are annelids comprising the subclass Hirudinea. There are fresh water, terrestrial, and marine leeches. Like the Oligochaeta, they share the presence of a clitellum....
es, and he is said to have been attacked with hydrophobia
Hydrophobia

Hydrophobia may refer to:* Rabies, especially a set of symptoms of the later stages of an infection, in which the victim has difficulty swallowing, shows panic when presented with liquids to drink, and cannot quench his or her thirst....
, and to have recovered. Eudemus
Eudemus (physician)

Eudemus was the name of several Ancient Greek medicine, whom it is difficult to distinguish with certainty:* A druggist, who apparently lived in the 4th or 3rd century BC....
 and Proculus are said to have been followers of Themison, which may only mean that they belonged to the Methodic school.

Themison is also quoted by Soranus
Soranus

Soranus was a Sabine god later adopted by the Roman Empire. He was worshipped on Mt. Soracte which is in Etruria.The worshippers of Apollo Soranus, after his cult had been subsumed by Apollo were called Hirpi Sorani ....
. Juvenal
Juvenal

The Satires are a collection of satire poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries A.D.Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five scroll; all are in the Roman genre of Satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a wide-ranging discussion of society and soc...
 satirises a physician by the name of Themison, but whether he means this Themison, or some contemporary, is unknown.

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