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who wrote in Greek, Julius Bassus 7 who wrote in Greek, 

 Celsus, 8 Antonius Castor. 9 



FOREIGN AUTHORS QUOTKD. Democritus, 10 Theophrastus, 11 

 Orpheus, 12 MenanHer 13 who wrote the " Biochresta," Pytha- 

 goras, 14 Meander. 15 



MKDICAL AUTHORS QUOTED. Chrysippus, 16 Diocles, 17 Ophe- 

 lion, 18 Heraclides, 19 Hicesius, 20 Dionysius, 21 Apollodoms 22 of 

 Citiura, Apollodorus 23 of Tarentum, Praxagoras, 24 Plistoni- 



7 Supposed by some to be the same with the Bassus Tullius mentioned 

 by ancient writers as the friend of Niger, possibly the Sextius Niger here 

 mentioned. 8 See end of B. vii. 



9 He lived at Rome in the first century of the Christian era, and pos- 

 sessed a botanical garden, probably the earliest mentioned. He lived 

 more than a hundred years, in perfect Health both of body and mind. See 

 B. xxv. c. 5. 10 SeeendofB.ii. 



11 See end of B. iii. 



12 A mystic personage of the early Grecian Mythology, under whose 

 name many spurious works were circulated. Pliny says, J3. xxv. c. 2, that 

 he was the first who wrote with any degree of attention on the subject of 

 Plants. 13 See end of B. xix. 



14 See end of B. ii. 15 See end of B. viii. 



16 1'robably Chrysippus of Cnidos, a pupil of Eudoxus and Philistion, 

 father of Chrysippus, the physician to Ptolemy Soter, and tutor to Erasis- 

 tratus. Others, again, think that the work " on the Cabbage," mentioned 

 by Pliny in c. 33, was written by another Chrysippus, a pupil of Erasis- 

 tratus, in the third century B.C. 



17 A native of Carystus, in Euboea, who lived in the fourth century B.C. 

 He belonged to the medical sect of the Dogmatici, and wrote several medi- 

 cal works, of which the titles only and a few fragments remain. 



18 Of this writer nothing whatever is known. 



19 For Heraclides of Heraclea, see end of B. xii. ; for Heraclides of. 

 Pontus, see end of B. iv. ; and for Heraclides of Tarentum, see end of B. 

 xii. They were all physicians. 



20 See end of B. xv. 21 See end of B. xii. 



22 It was probably this personage, or the one next mentioned, who wrote 

 to Ptolemy, one of the kings of Egypt, giving him directions as to what 

 wines he should drink. See B. xiv. c. 9. A person of this name wrote a 

 work on Ointments and Chaplets, ciu< ted by Athenseus, and another on 

 Venomous Animals, quoted by the same author. This last is probably the 

 work referred to by Pliny, B. xxi. cc. 15, 29, &c. It has been suggested 

 also, that the proper reading here is " Apollonius" of Citium, a pupil of 

 Zopyrus, a physician of Alexandria. 



23 See the preceding Note. 



24 A celebrated physician, a native of the island of Cos. He belonged 

 to the medical sect of the Dogmatici, and flourished probably in the fourth 

 century B.C. He was more particularly celebrated for his comparatively 

 accurate knowledge of anatomy. The titles only and a few fragments of 

 his works survive. 



