A piece in the Clarion Ledger opens thusly:
Ancient Greek physician Herophilus stated, “When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, strength cannot fight, intelligence cannot be applied, art cannot become manifest, wealth becomes useless.”
Herophilus is one of those ancient medical types who rarely gets mentioned (Hippocrates and Galen seem to hog the spotlight), so I’m curious … does anyone know if this is a genuine quotation? It doesn’t appear very much on the web and doesn’t seem to be mentioned in Heinrich von Staden, Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria : Edition, Translation, and Essays, although admittedly that was checked via Googlebooks and it was a limited preview.
UPDATE 01/17/09: Tip o’ the pileus to Tim Parkin who informs us that id does appear in von Staden (p. 238), so it does appear to be legit.
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