![]() ![]() (Brunet envisioned Alexander accompanying Justinian’s distinguished general, Belisarius, as physician in the Gothic Wars, for example.) Even though one can document that Alexander must have traveled and collected materia medico throughout Armenia, Thrace, much of the Balkan peninsula, Egypt, Gaul, Spain, North Africa, and Italy, there is no specific evidence to suggest any relationship with the royal family or participation in the wars waged by Justinian to restore the Roman Empire in the West. Brunet’s bubbling admiration for Alexander of Tralles inspired him to assume that Alexander had to have been personal physician to Justinian and had to have had a role in the important actions of the day. ![]() Brunet (1933-1937) (see box on Translations of Alexander of Tralles).Īlexander practiced in the era of Justinian I (527-565) and his consort the Empress Theodora (527-548) (Figs. There are, however, translations into German by Theodor Puschmann (1878-1879), and into French by F. Except in excerpts, no English translations exist of the writings of this physician extraordinaire. ![]() What survives in Greek of Alexander’s writings consists of the Treatise on Fevers (in seven sections), the Letter on Intestinal Worms (the first tract on parasitology worthy of the label), and the Twelve Books, which address various ailments and their treatments. His clientele ranged from those in total poverty to those who were members of the highest ranks of society. His appeal is due to his direct experience in the practice of medicine and in the manifold aspects of providing and modifying treatments for patients, as spelled out in his extant tracts. Gold Solidus of Justinian I in limitary garb with a spear over his right shoulder.īyzantine Collection, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C, Among early Byzantine physicians, Alexander of Tralles (AD 525-605) attracts the admiration not only of medical historians, but also of modem doctors. ![]()
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