Plistonicus

Plistonicus (or Pleistonicus, Greek: Πλειστόνικος), was an ancient Greek physician, a pupil of Praxagoras,[1] who therefore lived in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. He appears to have written a work on anatomy,[2] which is several times mentioned by Galen,[3] who calls him one of the most eminent physicians of his time.[4] He is quoted by Pliny,[5] Athenaeus,[6] Oribasius,[7] and Gariopontus.[8] None of his writings have survived.

  1. ^ Celsus, De Med., i. praef.
  2. ^ Galen, Comment in Hippocr. De Nat. Hom., ii. 6
  3. ^ Galen, De Atra Bile, c. 1; De Meth. Med., i. 3, ii. 5, iv. 4; De Venae Sect. adv. Erasistr., cc. 5, 6; De Simplic. Medicam. Temper. ac Facult., vi. prooem.; Comment in Hippocr. Epid. VI., iii. 12; Adv. Julian., c. 5
  4. ^ Galen, De Hippocr. et Plat. Decr., viii. 5
  5. ^ Pliny, H. N., xx. 13, 48
  6. ^ Athenaeus, ii.
  7. ^ Oribasius, Coll. Medic., vii. 27
  8. ^ Gariopentus, De Febr. c. 7