Numisianus, (; 2nd century) an eminent
Greek physician at
Corinth, whose lectures
Galen attended c. 150, having gone to Corinth for that very reason.
[Galen, ''de Anat. Admin.'' i. 1, vol. ii. p. 217] He was, according to Galen,
the most celebrated of all the pupils of
Quintus
Quintus is a male given name derived from '' Quintus'', a common Latin forename (''praenomen'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Quintus derives from Latin word ''quintus'', meaning "fifth".
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, and one of the tutors to
Pelops, and distinguished himself especially by his anatomical knowledge. He wrote a commentary on the ''Aphorisms'' of
Hippocrates,
[Galen, ''Comment. in Hippocr. De Humor.'', i. 24, vol. xvi. p. 197; ''Comment. in Hippocr. Aphor.'', iv. 69, v. 44, vol. xvii. pt. ii. pp. 751, 837] which appears to have been well thought of in Galen's time.
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2nd-century Greek physicians