Aegimus

Aegimus or Aegimius (Gr. polytonic|Αίγιμος or polytonic|Αιγίμιος) was one of the most ancient of the Greek physicians, who is said by Galen to have been the first person who wrote a treatise on the pulse. [Galen, "De Differ. Puls." i. 2, iv. 2. 11. vol. viii. pp. 498, 716, 752] He was a native of Velia in Lucania, and is supposed to have lived before the time of Hippocrates, that is, in the fifth century BC. His work was entitled polytonic|Περί Παλμων (Lat. "De Palpitationibus", a name which alone sufficiently indicates its antiquity), which is no longer extant. Callimachus mentions an author named "Aegimius", who wrote a work on the art of making cheesecakes (polytonic|πλακουντοπουκόν σύγγραμμα), [Callimachus, "ap. Athen", xiv. p. 643, e] and Pliny the Elder mentions a person of the same name who was said to have lived two hundred years; [Pliny the Elder, "Naturalis Historia" vii. 49] but whether these are the same or different individuals is quite uncertain. [Citation
last = Greenhill
first = William Alexander
author-link =
contribution = Aegimus
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 26
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0035.html ]

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