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LEO THE PHYSICIAN, (Leon Iatrosophistes) (850 – )

850 –

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

1840 CE

#11832

Anecdota medica graeca e codicibus MSS. expromsit. F. Z. Ermerins.

Extensively annotated critical texts of Theophilus Protospatharius, Leo the Physician, Constantinus Pogonatos (De cibis; On foods). Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1969 CE

#11098

Epitome on the nature of man. Edited by Robert Renehan. Corpus Medicorum Graecorum 10/4.

Leo the Physician was a medical encyclopedist; traditionally dated to 9th century, but possibly as late as 12th–13th century CE. His Epitome survives in only one manuscript, possibly because Leo avoided theologi…