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Thessalus (Greek: Θεσσαλός), a physician from ancient Greece, and the son of Hippocrates, the famous physician. He was the brother of Draco, and father of Gorgias, [1] Hippocrates III, [2] and Draco II. [3]
Thessalus of Tralles (fl. circa 70–95 AD) was a famous Roman physician and early adherent to the Methodic school of medicine. [1] He lived in Rome, [2] where he was the court physician of Emperor Nero.
Methodists like *Soranus of Ephesus stressed the importance of independence from theory, and one important Methodist source, Caelius Aurelianus, attacks Thessalus for being too theoretical in his account of the background to the method.
Ps.-Thessalus of Tralles and Galen's De Methodo Medendi Von Alan Scott In 1878 Ch. Graux published an account of a young man's journey to Alexandria in the Roman era to attend medical school.1 There this young physician discovered a treatise containing the astral medical lore of ps.-Nechepso2, and he tried its prescriptions on his patients.
Overview. Thessalus. Quick Reference. ( RE 6), a doctor from Tralles. He worked in Rome and was probably dead by ad 79. None of his writings survive, but he is often mentioned by other medical ... From: Thessalus in The Oxford Classical Dictionary » Subjects: Classical studies. Related content in Oxford Reference. Reference entries. Thessalus (2)
Thessalus of Tralles was a famous Roman physician and early adherent to the Methodic school of medicine. Background. He was the son of a weaver, and followed the same employment himself in his youth. Career.
Thessalus of Tralles (fl. circa 70–95 AD) was a famous Roman physician and early adherent to the Methodic school of medicine. He lived in Rome, where he was the of Emperor Nero. It was here that he died and was buried, and his tomb was to be seen on the Via Appia.
