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Philip
of Acarnania was friend and physician of Alexander the Great, of whom a
well-known story is told by several ancient authors. He was the means
of saving the king's life, when he had been seized with a severe attack
of fever, brought on by bathing in the cold waters of the river Cydnus
in Cilicia, after being violently heated, 333 BC. Parmenion sent to
warn Alexander that Philippus had been bribed by Darius III to poison
him ; the king, however, would not believe the information, nor doubt
the fidelity of his physician, but, while he drank off the draught
prepared for him, he put into his hands the letter he had just
received, fixing his eyes at the same time steadily on his countenance.
A well-known modern picture represents this incident ; and the king's
speedy recovery fully justified his confidence in the skill and honesty
of his physician.
Alexander the great and Philip of Acarnania, Giovanni Lanfranco
Philip
was still Alexander’s doctor at the siege of Gaza in 332 BC, as Curtius
reports that he extracted an arrow from the king’s shoulder (QC
4.6.17-20)
References
This article incorporates
text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed.
(1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography
and Mythology.
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