Diocles of Carystus

Diocles of Carystus was a Greek physician in the middle of the 4th century BC, who worked mainly in Athens.

Diocles, who was a contemporary of Praxagoras of Kos, is considered as a pupil of Aristotle, and was occasionally described as the second Hippocrates. Diocles ' issues were, firstly, the botanical pharmacy and on the other dietetics. There are only fragments of his work "On the healthy lifestyle " get. The systematic classifications of food and medicinal plants (including indication of synonyms ) point to connections to Mnesitheos of Athens and Plato.