[I 1] Greek author of a treatise on pulses, 2nd cent. AD?, [1]
Greek author of a treatise on pulses. His reference to followers of Archigenes suggests the late 1st or 2nd cent. AD as the earliest date of its composition. A more precise dating would be possible if he were the author of a recipe quoted by Galen (De compositione medicamentorum secundum locos 7,5 = 13,90 K.) from Andromachus [5] the Younger, but the identification is uncertain. M.'s stylized preface refers to…
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Nutton, Vivian (London),
Damschen, Gregor (Halle/Saale),
Baumbach, Manuel (Zürich),
Wermelinger, Otto (Fribourg),
Bleckmann, Bruno (Strasbourg),
Franke, Thomas (Bochum),
Groß-Albenhausen, Kirsten (Frankfurt/Main),
Leppin, Hartmut (Hannover) and
Eigler, Ulrich (Zürich),
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