(Lexicon (in Cramer's Anecdota Graeca
Parisiensia, vol. iv. p. 196) among the celebrated physicians of antiquity.
He was rather a voluminous writer, but none of his works are still extant except some fragments which have been preserved by Oribasius, Aetius, and other ancient authors. These, however, are quite sufficient to shew that he was a man of talent and originality. The most interesting extract from his works that has been preserved is probably that relating to the operation of tracheotomy, of which he is the earliest writer whose directions for performing it are still extant. The whole passage has been translated in the
ventilanda exhibit Panagiota Nicolaides, Praeside Curtio Sprengel,
Halae, 1799, 4to.
For particulars respecting the medical and surgical practice of Antyllus, see Haller, Biblioth. Chirurg., and Biblioth. Medic. Pract. ;
Sprengel, Hist. de la Méd.