Diocles of Carystus: The “Younger Hippocrates” of Greek Medicine

Diocles of Carystus: The “Younger Hippocrates” of Greek Medicine

Credit: Adam Polselli, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Very few figures of the ancient Greek world of medicine loom as large as Diocles of Carystus, even though he is not as widely known as he should be. Diocles was born in the 4th century BC and was a truly brilliant physician, anatomist, and medical writer. His works had a profound impact on the development of medicine for centuries to come. He was held in high esteem by his contemporaries, something that w…