Philagrius of Epirus

Who is Philagrius of Epirus?

Philagrius of Epirus a Greek medical writer, born in Epirus, lived after Galen and before Oribasius, and therefore probably in the 3rd century. According to the Suda he was a pupil of a physician named Naumachius, and practised his profession chiefly at Thessalonica.

Theophilus gives him the title of Περιοδευτής, Periodeutes, which probably means a physician who travelled from place to place in the exercise of his profession. He seems to have been well known to the Arabic medical writers, by whom he is frequently quoted, and who have preserved the titles of the following of his works.

De Impetigine

De iis quae Gingivae Dentibusque accidunt.

De iis qui Medico destituuntur.

De Morborum Indiciis

De Arthritidis Morbo.

De Renum vel Vesicae Calculo.

De Hepatis Morbo.

De Morbo Colico.

De Morbo Icterico.

De Cancri Morbo.

De Morsu Canis.

The Suda says he wrote as many as 70 volumes, but of these works only a few fragments remain, which are preserved by Oribasius, Aëtius, and others. In Cyril's Lexicon he is enumerated among the most eminent physicians.