A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

(Μνασέας), or MNASAEUS (Μνασαῖος), a physician, who belonged to the ancient sect of the Methodici (Gal. Introd. 100.4. vol. xiv. p. 684), and lived probably in the first century after Christ. He wrote some medical works, which are not now extant; and he is quoted by Galen (De Compos. Medicam. sec. Gen. 1.4, 17, 7.5, vol. xiii. pp. 392, 445, 962, 963, 965), Soranus (Do Arte Obstetr. pp. 21, 23, 279, 289, ed. Dietz), Caelius Aurelianus (De Morb. Acut. 2.5, 29, De Morb. Chron. 1.5, 2.1, 7, pp. 81, 142, 329, 348, 380), Aetius (2.2. 18, 89, pp. 258, 290), Paulus Aegineta (7.17, p. 676), and Alexander Trallianus (3.7, 7.1, pp. 187, 213).

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