Draco (physician)
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Draco was the name of several physician
s in the family of Hippocrates
.
There may, however, be some confusion in the Suda, and it is possible that these three physicians are not all distinct persons.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
s in the family of Hippocrates
Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles , and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine...
.
- Draco I. Lived 5th to 4th centuries BC, was the son of HippocratesHippocratesHippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles , and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine...
, the famous physician (Hippocrates II). He was the brother of ThessalusThessalus (physician)Thessalus, , a physician from ancient Greece, and the son of Hippocrates, the famous physician and Trichologist. He was the brother of Draco, and father of Gorgias, Hippocrates III, and Draco II. He lived in the 5th and 4th centuries BC and passed some of his time at the court of Archelaus I of...
. GalenGalenAelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus , better known as Galen of Pergamon , was a prominent Roman physician, surgeon and philosopher...
tells us that some of the writings of Hippocrates was attributed to his son Draco.
- Draco II. According to the SudaSudaThe Suda or Souda is a massive 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Suidas. It is an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often...
, the son of Thessalus and grandson of Hippocrates II. He was the father of Hippocrates IVHippocrates (physician)Hippocrates was the name of several physicians in the time of Ancient Greece, some of whom were in the same family as the celebrated Hippocrates of Cos ....
, and would have been the brother of Hippocrates IIIHippocrates (physician)Hippocrates was the name of several physicians in the time of Ancient Greece, some of whom were in the same family as the celebrated Hippocrates of Cos ....
. He would have lived in the 4th century BC.
- Draco III. According to the Suda, the son of Hippocrates IV.
There may, however, be some confusion in the Suda, and it is possible that these three physicians are not all distinct persons.