Sextus Placitus
Sextus Placitus of Papyra (active ca. 370 AD), a Roman physician, is best known for his Libri medicinae Sexti Placiti Papyriensis ex animalibus pecoribus et bestiis vel avibus Concordantiae. [1] Placitus wrote fanciful descriptions of medicines derived from animals (etc). For example, he recommends such remedies as consuming cooked puppy to relieve colic, and breaking a fever by cutting a splinter from the door that a eunuch has just passed through.[2]
Works
- Artzneybuch Sexti Platonici Philosophi von den Vöglen, wilden und zamen Thieren : wie man dieselben in der Artzney für allerhand Kranckheiten gebrauchen soll, gantz lustig, nutzlich und gut gemeinen Haußhaltern, auch allen Liebhabern der Artzney zu lesen und zu wissen. - digital edition
References
- ^ Maria Paola Segolini (editor), 1998 (republication), Libri medicinae Sexti Placiti Papyriensis ex animalibus pecoribus et bestiis vel avibus Concordantiae, ISBN: 3487105942
- ^ Johann Hermann Baas, 1889, Outlines of the history of medicine and the medical profession, available at Google Books