Asclepiades of Bithynia
Physician in Rome; held that drink reaches the bladder as vapour
- Dates
- No dates given in the film's sources
- Chapters
- III. The Oath and the Ligature
What the film says
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Taught that what we drink passes into the bladder as a vapour and condenses there, giving the kidneys no part.
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One of the two rivals Galen likened to slaves caught stealing: the one who lies.