Philoxenus or Claudius Philoxenus ( el, Φιλόξενος), a

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, who, according to

Celsus Celsus (; grc-x-hellen, Κέλσος, ''Kélsos''; ) was a 2nd-century Greek philosopher and opponent of early Christianity. His literary work, ''The True Word'' (also ''Account'', ''Doctrine'' or ''Discourse''; Greek: grc-x-hellen, Λόγ� ...

, wrote several valuable volumes on

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. He is no doubt the same person whose medical formulae are frequently quoted by

Galen Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus ( el, Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – c. AD 216), often Anglicized as Galen () or Galen of Pergamon, was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman Empire. Considered to be one of ...

, and who is called by him Claudius Philoxenus. As he is quoted by

Asclepiades Pharmacion Asclepiades Pharmacion or Asclepiades Junior ( el, Ἀσκληπιάδης; fl. 1st–2nd century) was a Greek physician. He is believed to have lived at the end of the 1st or the beginning of the 2nd century AD, as he quotes Andromachus, Diosc ...

, he must have lived in or before the 1st century. He is quoted also by Soranus,

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, Aëtius, and

Nicolaus Myrepsus Nicholas Myrepsos (or ''Nicolaus Myrepsus''; el, Νικόλαος Μυρεψός; flourished c. 1240–80) was a Byzantine physician known chiefly for his compendium on Medicine, medical science which is still extant. Life Little is known about th ...

, and also by

Avicenna Ibn Sina ( fa, ابن سینا; 980 – June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna (), was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, philosophers, and writers of the Islamic G ...

.Avicenna, ''Canon'', v. 2. 2, vol. ii. p. 249

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