Archagathus (son of Lysanias)

Archagathus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχάγαθος), a Peloponnesian, the son of Lysanias, who settled at Rome as a practitioner of medicine around 219 BCE, and, according to Lucius Cassius Hemina,[1] was the first person who made it a distinct profession in that city. He was received in the first instance with great respect, he was accorded the Jus Quiritium -- that is, the privileges of a free native of Rome -- and a shop was bought for him at the public expense; but his practice was observed to be so severe, that he soon excited the dislike of the people at large, and produced a complete disgust to the profession generally. In return for the favors he received from the Romans, he purged, bled, hacked, and cauterized them to such a degree, that at length they refused to tolerate such rough treatment any longer, and the commonwealth was purged of Archagathus himself.[2][3]

The practice of Archagathus seems to have been almost exclusively surgical, and to have consisted, in a great measure, in the use of the knife and powerful caustic applications.[4]

Notes
  1. Pliny the Elder, Natural History 29.6
  2. "Ancient Physic and Physicians". Dublin University Magazine. W. Curry, Jun., and Company. 47: 409. 1856. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  3. Turner, Daniel (1736). The Art of Surgery: In which is Laid Down Such a General Idea of the Same, as is Founded Upon Reason, Confirmed by Practice, and Farther Illustrated with Many Singular and Rare Cases Medico-chirurgical. 1. C. Rivington. p. 561. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  4. John Bostock, History of Medicine

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Greenhill, William Alexander (1870). "Archagathus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 260.

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