... that the account given, in the following pages, of the lives of five greatnaturalists may not be found devoid of interest. The work of each one of themmarked a definite advance in the science of ... the commencement of hiscareer.Owing to the peculiar constitution of the Asclepions, medical and priestly pursuitshad, before the time of Hippocrates,make the patient, the attendantsand the ... doubtlesswritten by his family, his descendants, orhis pupils. Others are productions of the Alexandrian school, some of these beingconsidered by critics as wilful forgeries, the high prices paid by the...