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Heliodorus (surgeon)

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Commentary on Luxation attributed to Heliodorus

Heliodorus (Greek: Ἡλιόδωρος) was a surgeon of the pneumatic school in the 1st century AD. He was probably from Egypt, and was mentioned in the Satires of Juvenal.[1] Heliodorus wrote several books on medical technique which have survived in fragments and in the works of Oreibasius.

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  1. ^ "Heliodorus (3)". Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.).