SUMMARY. 303 



ins, 43 Solo, 44 Lycus, 45 Olympias 46 of Thebes, PLilinus, 47 Pe- 

 trichus, 48 Micton, 49 Glaucias, 60 Xenocrates. 51 



43 Probably Metrodorus of Chios, a philosopher, who flourished about 

 B. c. 330, and professed the doctrine of the Sceptics. Cicero, Acad. ii. 23, 

 73, gives a translation of the first sentence of his work * On Nature." 



44 A physician of Smyrna. He is called Solon the Dietetic, by Galen ; 

 but nothing further seems to be known of his history. 



45 See end of B. xii. 



46 A Theban authoress, who wrote on Medicine ; mentioned also by 

 Plinius Valerianus, the physician, and Pollux. 



47 A Greek physician, a native of Cos, the reputed founder of the sect 

 of the Empirici. He probably lived in the third century B.C. From 

 Athenceus we learn that he wrote a work on Botany. A parallel has been 

 drawn between Philinus and the late Dr. Hahnemann, by F. F. Briskou, 

 Berlin, 1834. 



*s See end of B. xix. 



45 The Scholiast on Nicander mentions a treatise on Botany written by 

 a person of this name : and a work of his on Medicine is mentioned by 

 Labbe as existing in manuscript in the Library at Florence. 



50 A Greek physician of this name belonging to the sect of the Empirici, 

 lived probably in the third or second century B.C. Galen mentions him 

 as one of the earliest commentators on the works of Hippocrates. It is 

 uncertain, however, whether he is the person so often quoted by Pliny. 



51 A physician of Aphrodisias, in Cilicia, who lived in the reign of 

 Tiberius. He wrote some pharmaceutical works, and is censured by Galen 

 for his disgusting remedies, such as human brains, flesh, urine, liver, ex- 

 crements, &c. There is a short essay by him still ill existence, on tha 

 Aliments derived from the Aquatic Animals. 



