Agathotychus Explained

Agathotychus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀγαθότυχος) was an ancient veterinary surgeon, whose date and history are unknown,^[1] but who probably lived in the 4th or 5th century AD.^[2] Some fragments of his writings are to be found in the collection of works on this subject first published in a Latin translation by Joseph Ruellius, Veterinariae Medicinae Libri duo.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Baas, Johann Hermann . Johann Hermann Baas

   . Johann Hermann Baas . Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession . J. H. Vail . 1889 . 191 . agathotychus. .

2. Book: Greenhill, William Alexander . Agathotychus . Smith . William . . 1 . 66 . Boston . 1867 . http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0075.html . 2008-05-06 . 2011-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514055411/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0075.html . dead .
3. Joseph Ruellius, Veterinariae Medicinae Libri duo, Paris. 1530, fol., and afterwards in Greek by Grynaeus, Basil. 1537, 4to.