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20: 94:, and he had the advantage of being brought up under his father Stephanus, who was himself a physician, and also under another person, whose name he does not mention, but to whose son Cosmas he dedicates his chief work, which he wrote out of gratitude at his request. He was a man of an extensive practice, of a very long experience, and of great reputation, not only at Rome, but wherever he traveled in Spain, Gaul, and Italy, whence he was called by way of eminence "Alexander the Physician". 497: 234:, which is said to have been also translated into Arabic, was probably only the sixth book of his great work, which is entirely devoted to the consideration of this disease. Two other medical works which are sometimes attributed to Alexander Trallianus (viz. a Collection of Medical and Physical Problems, and a treatise on Fevers) could also be attributed to 106:, and others, but is an author of quite a different stamp, and has more the air of an original writer. He wrote his great work in an extreme old age, from the results of his own experience, when he could no longer bear the fatigue of practice. His style in the main was, according to scholars such as 218:). Alexander seems also to have written several other medical works which are now lost. Alexander also is credited with the discovery that depression (melancholia) can lead to homicidal and suicidal tendencies (dianne, hales R. 98:
speaks also with great praise of his four brothers, Anthemius, Dioscorus, Metrodorus, and Olympius, who were all eminent in their several professions. Alexander is not a mere compiler, like
110:, very good, short, clear, and (to use Alexander's own term) consisting of common expressions that, though not always perfectly elegant, very expressive and intelligible. 310: 173:), from which he would appear to have been either a Jew or a Christian, and, from his frequent prescription of pork, it is most probable that he was a Christian. 511: 319: 222:). He expresses his intention of writing a book on Fractures, and also on Wounds of the Head. A treatise on Urine written by him is alluded to by 624: 664: 654: 649: 669: 659: 349: 529: 58:, who probably did not write until the end of the 5th or the beginning of the 6th century, and he is himself quoted by 595: 560: 538: 475: 506: 314: 674: 28: 62:, who is supposed to have lived in the 7th century; besides which, he is mentioned as a contemporary of 684: 324: 679: 235: 248: 555:. London: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, Journal of Roman Studies Monograph no. 10. 443: 428: 114: 107: 43: 211: 19: 546: 644: 639: 226:, and he himself mentions a work of his on Diseases of the Eyes, which was translated into 8: 459: 125: 553:
The Latin Alexander Trallianus: The Text and Transmission of a Late Latin Medical Book
99: 55: 591: 556: 534: 412: 345: 223: 219: 121:, but in the opinion of Freind this is not proved sufficiently by the existing text. 583: 189:, which was several times printed. It was first edited in Greek by Jac. Goupylus ( 51: 605: 339: 124:
Perhaps the most curious art of Alexander's practice appears to be his belief in
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The other work of Alexander that is still extant is a short treatise,
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Rhazae de Pestilentia Libellus ex Syrorum Lingua in Graecam Translatus
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Fragment d'un ouvrage grec d'Anthèmius sur des Paradoxes de mècanique
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A digitized version of Trallianus in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
292: 231: 95: 63: 50:; ca. 525– ca. 605) was one of the most eminent physicians in the 87: 533:. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 121. 227: 163:), and a little further on, "I adjure thee with the holy names 129: 83: 32: 201: 193:
1548, fol.), a beautiful and scarce edition, containing also
190: 164: 154: 140: 133: 572:"Simon and the Tradition of the Latin Alexander of Tralles" 150: 283:, iii. 21. 78, vii. 5, 11, 19, pp. 447, 495, 650, 660, 687 215: 136:: "Gather olive leaf before sunrise, write on it with 512:
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
604:Girolamo Mercuriale, Jan H. Chrościejowski (1583). 210:, which was first published in Greek and Latin by 527:Kudlien, Fridolf (1970). "Alexander of Tralles". 631: 390: 388: 149:), and hang it round the neck." In exorcising 132:. For example, his suggestion for treatment of 385: 117:considered Alexander to have belonged to the 344:. University of Toronto Press. p. 23. 241: 153:he says, "I adjure thee by the great name 382:Alexander of Tralles, i. 15, pp. 156, 157 308: 550: 18: 582:, Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 99–128, 526: 632: 569: 509:, ed. (1870). "Alexander Trallianus". 337: 505: 309:Greenhill, William Alexander (1867). 403:Alexander of Tralles, xii. 7, p. 339 394:Alexander of Tralles, xii. 1, p. 313 373:Alexander of Tralles, xii. i. p. 313 302: 271:Alexander of Tralles, xii. 8, p. 346 13: 530:Dictionary of Scientific Biography 520: 14: 696: 618: 230:. The other medical treatise on 70:in the beginning of the reign of 665:7th-century Byzantine physicians 655:6th-century Byzantine scientists 650:6th-century Byzantine physicians 580:Simon of Genoa's Medical Lexicon 495: 464:Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae, 364:Alexander of Tralles, iv. p. 198 469: 453: 437: 422: 406: 397: 181:Alexander's chief work, titled 23:Alexander of Tralles, 1906, by 16:6th-century Byzantine physician 489: 476:Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel 450:vol. xii. p. 593, sq. ed. vet. 376: 367: 358: 331: 286: 274: 265: 1: 670:7th-century Byzantine writers 660:6th-century Byzantine writers 258: 607:De morbis puerorum Tractatus 66:, who set about writing his 7: 341:Medieval Medicine: A Reader 10: 701: 202: 171:Iao, Sabaoth, Adonai, Eloi 165: 155: 141: 47: 325:Little, Brown and Company 253:(in French). Paris. 1777. 187:Alexandri Yatros Practica 166:Ἰαὼ, Σαβαὼθ, Ἀδοναὶ, Ἐλωί 570:Knight, Valerie (2014), 551:Langslow, D. R. (2006). 236:Alexander of Aphrodisias 183:Twelve Books on Medicine 176: 444:Johann Albert Fabricius 323:. Vol. 1. Boston: 242:List of published works 115:Johann Albert Fabricius 77: 48:Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Τραλλιανός 338:Wallis, Faith (2019). 212:Hieronymus Mercurialis 36: 588:10.2478/9788376560236 433:The History of Physic 82:Alexander was born a 22: 40:Alexander of Tralles 675:People from Tralles 612:de morbis puerorum. 515:. pp. 126–127. 460:Albrecht von Haller 327:. pp. 126–127. 29:NOVA Medical School 37: 685:Christian writers 413:Joannes Actuarius 351:978-1-4426-0423-0 224:Joannes Actuarius 692: 614: 600: 566: 544: 516: 499: 498: 483: 480:Hist. de la Méd. 473: 467: 457: 451: 441: 435: 426: 420: 417:De Urin. 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Veloso Salgado
NOVA Medical School
Lisbon
Medieval Greek
Byzantine Empire
Aëtius Amidenus
Paul of Aegina
Agathias
Justin II
Greek
Tralles
Asia Minor
Agathias
Aëtius Amidenus
Oribasius
John Freind
Johann Albert Fabricius
Methodic school
charms
amulets
ague
common ink
gout
Paris
Hieronymus Mercurialis
4to
Depression
Joannes Actuarius
Arabic

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