Apollonius Glaucus

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Apollonius Glaucus (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος Γλαῦκος) was a physician and writer who must have lived during or before the 2nd century CE, as his work On Internal Diseases is quoted by Caelius Aurelianus.{{cite book| title = The Biographical Dictionary, Vol III| last = Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge | year = 1844| publisher = Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans (London)| pages = 171}} Nothing more is known of his life.{{cite book| title = A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (Vol. I)| last = Smith| first = William, Sir| year = 1867| publisher = Little, Brown and Co| pages = 245}} He wrote, for instance, on the significance of the types of excreted worms.{{cite book| title = Diocles of Carystus| last = Eijk| first = Philip J.| year = 2001| publisher = Brill| isbn = 90-04-10265-5| pages=239}}

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The name Glaucus comes from Greek mythology, including one sea-god.

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