- Themison of Laodicea
- Them·i·son of Lao·di·cea (themґĭ-son) a first century B.C. Greek physician who founded the Methodist school of medicine.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Methodic school — The Methodic school of medicine (Methodics, Methodists, or Methodici, Greek: Μεθοδικοί) was an ancient school of medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. The Methodic school arose in reaction to both the Empiric school and the Dogmatic school… … Wikipedia
Blutigel — Blutigel, sind die in stehenden Wässern und Sümpfen zahlreich lebende Gattung von Würmern, welche mit vielen andern Thieren die Eigenschaft gemein haben, an den Wirbelthieren sich anzusaugen und von deren Blute zu leben; sie können aber auch von… … Damen Conversations Lexikon
nightmare — Also known as ephialtes nocturnus, dream anxiety attack, REM anxiety dream, REM nightmare, and D nightmare. The term nightmare comes from the Old English noun *mare, which means hag or goblin (see also the entries Mar, Mare, and Incubus). It… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely … History of philosophy