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Asclepiades of Bithynia

120 BC - 40 BC

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Asclepiades (Greek: Ἀσκληπιάδης; c. 129/124 BC – 40 BC), sometimes called Asclepiades of Bithynia or Asclepiades of Prusa, was a Greek physician born at Prusias-on-Sea in Bithynia in Anatolia and who flourished at Rome, where he practised and taught Greek medicine. He attempted to build a new theory of disease, based on the flow of "atoms" through pores in the body. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asclepiades of Bithynia has received more than 81,460 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Asclepiades of Bithynia is the 204th most popular physician (down from 189th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 433rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Physician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Asclepiades of Bithynia ranks 204 out of 726. Before him are Albert Calmette, Ludwig Guttmann, Waldemar Hoven, Zhang Zhongjing, Bernardino Ramazzini, and Hasdai ibn Shaprut. After him are Emil du Bois-Reymond, Li Shizhen, David H. Hubel, Thomas Willis, Ernst-Günther Schenck, and Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 120 BC, Asclepiades of Bithynia ranks 4. Before him are Verres, Berenice III of Egypt, and Aurelia Cotta. After him are Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, and Lucius Cornelius Sisenna. Among people deceased in 40 BC, Asclepiades of Bithynia ranks 2. Before him is Fulvia. After him are Lucius Julius Caesar, Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, Quintus Fufius Calenus, and Quintus Salvidienus Rufus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Asclepiades of Bithynia ranks 406 out of 1,347. Before him are George Akropolites (1217), Tudḫaliya IV (-1300), Hakan Şükür (1971), Symeon the Metaphrast (900), Ziya Gökalp (1876), and Pelagia (400). After him are Paisios of Mount Athos (1924), Prusias I of Bithynia (-300), Basil Zaharoff (1849), Henri Verneuil (1920), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), and Barış Manço (1943).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Türkiye

Among physicians born in Türkiye, Asclepiades of Bithynia ranks 9. Before him are Nestorius (381), Pedanius Dioscorides (40), Polycarp (69), Herophilos (-335), Ctesias (-440), and Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100). After him are Soranus of Ephesus (98), Caesarius of Nazianzus (330), Aëtius of Amida (502), Rufus of Ephesus (100), Hulusi Behçet (1889), and Gazi Yaşargil (1925).

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