A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

4. ASCLEPIADES PHILOPHYSICUS (Φιλοφυσικός), a physician, who must have lived some time in or before the second century after Christ, as he is quoted by Galen, who has preserved some of his medical formulae. (De Compos. Medical. sec. Locos, 7.5, 8.5, vol. xiii. pp. 102, 179.)