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522: 61:, called "Philonium" (Φιλώνειον) after his name. He described the composition of this medicine in a short, enigmatic Greek poem, preserved by Galen, who gave an explanation of this in his own writings. Some sources alternately describe this as an 544: 65:, not an antidote. The practice of giving recipes in verse was intended to make them easier to memorize, as medical knowledge was primarily passed on via 142:
There were seemingly several physicians with this name around this time, and it is challenging to tell them apart. The historian and medical writer
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Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys
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A Literary History of Medicine: The ʿUyūn Al-anbāʾ Fī Ṭabaqāt Al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah
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This antidote is frequently mentioned by ancient medical writers, for example by Galen,
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Savage-Smith, Emilie; van Gelder, Geert Jan; Swain, Simon, eds. (2024).
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believed this Philo to have been the same person as the grammarian
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speaks of him as having lived sometime before his own age.
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U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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Index

Ancient Greek
Tarsus
Cilicia
physician and pharmacologist
ancient Greece
Galen
theriac
antidote for poison
analgesic
oral tradition
spikenard
henbane
pyrethrum
euphorbia
saffron
honey
opium
Aretaeus of Cappadocia
Paul of Aegina
Oribasius
Aëtius of Amida
Joannes Actuarius
Marcellus Empiricus
Alexander of Tralles
Nicolaus Myrepsus
Avicenna
Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel
Philo of Byblos
Philo of Hyampolis
Celsus

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