Mnesitheos of Athens (around 380 v. Chr.) was a Greek physician. Mnesitheos was concerned after today's level of knowledge in particular with the in which he would apply Platonic thoughts to medical practice. From the work Mnesitheos are only contained of fragments. The fragments contain systematic enumerating of enjoyable sea animals. The texts Mnesitheos keep a certain meaning science historical among other things by their systematizing tendency.

Literature

• Klaus Dietrich Fischer: "„Who never an intoxication had"…"” - A letter of the physician Mnesitheos and a comment of Magister Bona Fortuna, in: Dynamis. Acta Hispanica ad medicinae scientiarumque historiam illustrandam 23, 2003, P. 341-361
• Hans's high stone: The physician Mnesitheos from Athens (with a collection of the fragments). Jena 1935 (Phil. Diss. Berlin)

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