Plistonicus

Plistonicus (or Pleistonicus, Greek: Πλειστόνικος), was an ancient Greek physician, a pupil of Praxagoras,^[1] who therefore lived in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. He appears to have written a work on anatomy,^[2] which is several times mentioned by Galen,^[3] who calls him one of the most eminent physicians of his time.^[4] He is quoted by Pliny,^[5] Athenaeus,^[6] Oribasius,^[7] and Gariopontus.^[8] None of his writings have survived.

References

1. Celsus, De Med., i. praef.
2. Galen, Comment in Hippocr. De Nat. Hom., ii. 6
3. Galen, De Atra Bile, c. 1; De Meth. Med., i. 3, ii. 5, iv. 4; De Venae Sect. adv. Erasistr., cc. 5, 6; De Simplic. Medicam. Temper. ac Facult., vi. prooem.; Comment in Hippocr. Epid. VI., iii. 12; Adv. Julian., c. 5
4. Galen, De Hippocr. et Plat. Decr., viii. 5
5. Pliny, H. N., xx. 13, 48
6. Athenaeus, ii.
7. Oribasius, Coll. Medic., vii. 27
8. Gariopentus, De Febr. c. 7

Sources

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.