may be the doctor who diagnosed Tiberius’ impending demise, Suet. Tib. 72, T,
Ann. 6.50.
RE 3.2 (1899) 2140 (#7), M. Wellmann; Korpela (1987) 166.
PTK
K ⇒ A
Kharito ̄n (325 BCE – 95 CE)
A P., in G, Antid. 2.13 (14.180 K.) records his simple remedy for
spider bites: fruit of sphondulion (D 3.76) and calamint, given in wine; repeated
by A A, 13.18 (p. 693 Cornarius). His book of remedies Pharmaka appears to
be preserved in whole or part, in MS BNF Parisin. 2240 (16th c.), f. 1.
Fabricius (1726) 111; Diels 2 (1907) 23.
PTK
Kharixene ̄s (30 BCE? – 95 CE)
Greek pharmacologist datable by inclusion in A P., in G, CMLoc;
he did not quote recipes of A M (contra Wellmann). He may have lived in
Rome as did other contemporary pharmacologists. Askle ̄piade ̄s cites Kharixene ̄s’ collection
of compound medicines only for remedies for the head and breathing organs. It probably
included recipes Kharixene ̄s used (CMLoc 7.4, 13.85 K., against blood-spitting, including
opium) and others, bearing his name, that he might have created: 3.1 (12.635 K.), also with
opium, against open abscesses; 3.1 (12.638 K.) against aphthae and halitosis; 3.3 (12.685 K.)
for surgical treatment of nasal polyps; 7.6 (13.48–50 K.), against aphonia and pathologies of
the throat; 7.4 (13.82–83 K.), against blood-spitting (?); 7.5 (13.102 K.), with mandrake and
henbane, against respiratory affections, blood-spitting and coughs; 7.6 (13.108–109 K.),
against duspnoia; and A A 8.56 (CMG 8.2, pp. 492.22–493.2).
RE 3.2 (1899) 2172, M. Wellmann.
Alain Touwaide
Kharmandros (ca 350 – 200 BCE?)
In his doxography on comets, along with K and A, S
includes Kharmandros’ book (QN 7.5.3), which discussed a comet seen by A. In
discussing A’ now-lost Plane Loci, P, Coll. 7.23–24 (pp. 104–109 Jones),
credits a Kharmandros with three simple plane loci, as first among the loci “additional” to
the “ancient” loci. The name is very rare (hardly known aside from P’s accuser:
D L 3.19), making an identification plausible, though not necessary.
Jones (1986) 104–109, 395–397; DPA 2 (1994) 299, R. Goulet.
PTK
Kharme ̄s of Massalia (30 – 60 CE)
Achieved fame and fortune by prescribing cold-water baths; practiced in Rome from 55 CE
and bequeathed his fortune to his hometown: P 29.10, 29.22. D, in
KHARME ̄S OF MASSALIA