Dexippus of Cos

Dexippus of Cos, (also called Dioxippus; 4th century BC), a Greek physician of Cos, who was one of the pupils of the celebrated Hippocrates, and lived in the 4th century BC.^[1] Hecatomnus, prince of Caria (385-377 BC), sent for him to cure his sons, Mausolus and Pixodarus, of a dangerous illness, which he undertook to do upon condition that Hecatomnus should cease from waging war against his country.^[1] He wrote some medical works, of which nothing but the titles remain. He was blamed by Erasistratus for his excessive severity in restricting the quantity of drink allowed to his patients.^[2] He is quoted by Plutarch,^[3] and Aulus Gellius,^[4] in the controversy that was maintained among some of the ancient physicians as to whether the drink passed down the windpipe or the gullet.

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Suda Dexippus
2. ^ Galen, De Secta Opt. c. 14, vol. i. p. 144; Comment. I. in Hippocr. De Rat. Vict. in Morb. Acut. c. 24, Comment. III. c. 38, and Comment. IV. c. 5, vol. xv. pp. 478, 703, 744; De Venae Sect. adv. Erasistr. c. 9, vol. xi. p. 182
3. ^ Plutarch, Sympos. vii. 1
4. ^ Aulus Gellius, xvii. 11

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).