Philistion of Locri

He was a native of Locri in Magna Graecia,[2] but was also referred to as "the Sicilian.

[6] Some ancient writers attributed to Philistion the treatise De Salubri Victus Ratione,[7] and also the De Victus Ratione,[8] both of which form part of the Hippocratic collection.

[9] He wrote a work on materia medica,[10] and on Cookery,[11] and is several times quoted by Pliny,[12] and Galen.

[13] Oribasius attributes to him the invention of a machine for restoring dislocations of the humerus.

[14] A brother of Philistion, who was also a physician, but whose name is not known, is quoted by Caelius Aurelianus.