ARETTAEUS  , of

Cappadocia, a Greek physician, who lived at Rome in the second half of the 2nd century A.U . We possess two treatises by him, each in four books, in the Ionic dialect: On the Causes and Indications of Acute and Chronic Diseases, and On their Treatment . His work, was founded on that of Archigenes; like him, he belonged to the eclectic school, but did not ignore the theories of the " Pneumatics," who made the heart the seat of life and of the soul . Editions by Kuhn (1828), Ermerius (1848) . English translations: Wigan (1723); Moffat (1786); Reynolds (1837); Adams (1856) . See Locher, Aretaeus aus Kappadocien (1847) .