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Alexander of Tralles
(525 - 605)
Greek physician who practised in Rome. Although he had little depth of knowledge of anatomy and physiology, he was a careful observer of clinical situations. He wrote remarkably accurate descriptions of chest conditions, including pleurisy. His Twelve Books on Medicine, was a major work on pathology that remained a reference in use for several centuries in Latin, Greek and Arabic editions.
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Science Quotes by Alexander of Tralles (1 quote)
The physician should look upon the patient as a besieged city and try to rescue him with every means that art and science place at his command.
— Alexander of Tralles
Attributed. Peter McDonald, In The Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations (2004), 2.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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