Phaon
(
Φαών), one of the most ancient of the Greek physicians, who must have lived in or before the fifth century B. C., as he was either a contemporary or predecessor of Hippocrates.
He was one of the persons to whom some of the ancient critics attributed the treatise
Περὶ Διαίτης ῾πριεινῆς,
De Salubri Vic/ts Ratione, which forms part of the Hippocratic Collection. [HIPPOCRATES, p. 486a.] (Galen,
Cozimment in Hippoer. "De Vict. Rat. in Morb. Acut." 1.17, vol. xv. p. 455.)
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W. A. G.]