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ARETTAEUS , of See also:

Cappadocia, a See also:Greek physician, who lived at See also:Rome in the second See also:half of the 2nd See also:century A.U. We possess two See also:treatises by him, each in four books, in the Ionic See also:dialect: On the Causes and Indications of Acute and Chronic Diseases, and On their Treatment. His See also:work, was founded on that of Archigenes; like him, he belonged to the eclectic school, but did not ignore the theories of the " See also:Pneumatics," who made the See also:heart the seat of See also:life and of the soul. See also:Editions by See also:Kuhn (1828), Ermerius (1848). See also:English See also:translations: See also:Wigan (1723); See also:Moffat (1786); See also:Reynolds (1837); See also:Adams (1856). See Locher, Aretaeus aus Kappadocien (1847).

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