Themison of Laodicea

Themison of Laodicea was a Greek physician of the 2 / 1 Century BC

Life

Themison lived in the city of Rome. There he was taught the originating also from Greece physician Asclepiades of Bithynia. Some teachings of his trainer he distanced himself, however, in old age, although it is not known from which.

Since Themison took the view that all the problems of the body resulted from overt states of the body ( " communities " ), he turned to the study of hidden causes of disease. The current, apparent condition of a patient had, in his opinion directly to the relevant " community " down. Further research into the causes he rejected as a waste of time and as necessary.

Themison developed a theory of disease, which was based on a disturbance of the body pores. He distinguished between three states, which is based on the size of the particles and the cannula through which they flowed:

• Status strictus ( " contracted " ) - voltage condition which prevents the precipitation of the juices, resulting in hyposecretion.
• Laxus status ( "liquid" ) - flaccid state, which leads to increased secretion of body fluids. ( Hypersecretion ).
• Status mixtus ( " mixed " ) - a mixed state of both status.

He was the first divided diseases into acute (usually caused by the status strictus ) and chronic disease (usually caused by the status laxus ). In his therapies he varied days on which was fasted with days on which food has been consumed.

Themison regarded as the founder of the school of methodologists, which also Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Tullius Bassus (or Iulius Bassus ), Scribonius Largus, Soranus of Ephesus and other are counted. His disciple Antonius Musa further developed the teachings of his teacher, another student, Thessalos of Tralles, they modified.