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XII. GaALen 
Galen, the great Greek physician, who died at seventy years of 
age, about 200 A. D., mentions Aster Atticus twice, as follows, in 
his alphabetical treatment of remedies ; using Kuhn’s Latin trans- 
lation : 
[69. De Astere Attico.] Aster Atticus, alii Bubonium vo- 
cant, non ob id tantum quod illitum, sed etiam quod suspensum 
bubones sanare credatur; habet quiddam etiam digerens, habet 
vero non minime et refrigerans quiddam ac reprimens, ut mixtae 
sit facultatis uti rosa, verum id non astringit.* 
[11. De Bubonio.] Bubonium aut aster Atticus nuncupatum 
est ita, quia creditum est bubones sanare, tum illitum tum inguini 
alligatum. Est autem mediocriter digerantis facultatis, quia vide- 
licet et modice calidum est, nec vehementer, nec ita desiccat ut 
contendat, maxime quam etiamnum molle ac recens fuerit.+t 
It will be observed that Galen t adds nothing to what Diosco- 
rides had said except remarks as to ‘‘ the discutient properties of the 
plant, non-astringent, but of mixed nature, as in the rose.” 
For his numerous compound remedies which he termed aséer, 
See supra, p. 88. 
XIII. Orrpasius 
The next Greek writer whom we can cite for Aster was Ori- 
basius,§ final summarizer of the medical knowledge || of the pagan 
* Galen, edn. Kuhn, 1833, in Afed. Gr. opera omnia, 11: 841; being Galen’s 
chapter between his De Astragalo and his De Astaphide uva 
-t Galen, do., 11: 852; being the chapter between his De du/bo vomitorio and De 
buglosso, 
‘rature ; accompanied Julian when emperor to Gaul and to Persia ; banished by his 
: sors, he was finally recalled in triumph, and was living in comfort 395 A. D., 
having married, says his friend and biographer (Eunapius), ‘‘a lady of wealth and rank, 
by whom he had a son of kindred genius to his own.’” 
il Oribasius’ works include, (1) Epitome of Galen, written at the behest of Julian, 
