Diocles of Carystus
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Doctors, Physicians, Nurses, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Greek physician{$I[g]Greece;Diocles of Carystus} Diocles was a Greek physician who was regarded in antiquity as second only to Hippocrates. He wrote several medical works, including the first separate treatise on anatomy and the first herbal. His best-known contributions to medicine are in the area of hygiene.
Early Life
Not much is known of the early life of Diocles of Carystus (DI-uh-kleez of kuh-RIHS-tuhs). His father’s name was Archidamos, and Diocles was a native of Carystus, a small town on the southern tip of the island of...
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