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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 76,445 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Asclepiades of Bithynia is the 189th most popular physician (down from 177th in 2019), the 435th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 434th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Turkish Physician.

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  • 76k

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  • 59.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Asclepiades of Bithynia ranks 189 out of 502. Before him are Psusennes II, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Ernst-Günther Schenck, August von Wassermann, Ibn Zuhr, and Sebastian Kneipp. After him are Joseph Calasanz, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Howard Florey, Severo Ochoa, George Whipple, and Hans Sloane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 120 BC, Asclepiades of Bithynia ranks 3. Before him are Verres and Berenice III of Egypt. After him are Aurelia Cotta, Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, 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 Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Asclepiades of Bithynia ranks 435 out of 1,301. Before him are Sezen Aksu (1954), Kassia (810), Leontios (660), Dardanus (null), Isabella, Queen of Armenia (1216), and Boris II of Bulgaria (931). After him are Ahmet Davutoğlu (1959), George Pachymeres (1242), Zoe Karbonopsina (900), Aristophanes of Byzantium (-257), Aelius Aristides (117), and Ivaylo of Bulgaria (1281).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Turkey

Among physicians born in Turkey, 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), Aëtius of Amida (502), Caesarius of Nazianzus (330), Rufus of Ephesus (100), Hulusi Behçet (1889), and Serenus Sammonicus (200).

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