Theophilus Protospatharius
Byzantine author of De urinis, a treatise on urine contested
- Dates
- No dates given in the film's sources
- Chapters
- IV. The Flask, V. What the Water Knew
Contested
His date. Most sources place him in the seventh century, one at the court of Heraclius (610 to 641); one urology paper gives the ninth century while also placing him at that court.
Sources
What the film says
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Devoted a whole book to urine in the seventh century and defined it as the filtrate of the blood.
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Recalled at the end of Chapter V: his 'filtrate of the blood' anticipated the micropuncture evidence by about thirteen centuries.
On the timeline
- 7th century (exact date unknown): Theophilus writes De urinis and defines urine as the filtrate of the blood. timeline
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