Agapetus (physician)

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Agapetus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαπητός) was an ancient Greek physician, whose remedy for the gout is mentioned with approbation by Alexander of Tralles[1] and Paul of Aegina.[2] He probably lived between the third and sixth centuries AD, or certainly not later, as Alexander of Tralles, by whom he is quoted, is supposed to have flourished about the beginning of the sixth century.[3]

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  1. ^ Alexander of Tralles. Twelve Books on Medicine. Vol. xi. p. 303.
  2. ^ Paul of Aegina. Medical Compendium in Seven Books. iii. 78, p. 497, vii. 11, p. 661.
  3. ^ Greenhill, William Alexander (1867), "Agapetus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 60, archived from the original on 2008-06-04, retrieved 2007-12-30{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Agapetus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.