title: The founding of the Methodist School.
abstract: In an attempt to clarify the quaestio disputata concerning the identify of the founder of the Methodist School and the chronology of its foundation, the author reviews the pertinent primary and secondary literature. In spite of the acceptance on the part of some of Edelstein's opinion that the School was founded by Thessalus of tralles during the first century A.D., it is concluded that the traditional view, that it was founded by Themison of Laodicea toward the end of the Republic, is correct.
authors.affiliation: Division of History of Medicine, School of Medicine - Dpt. of Pharmacology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prioreschi
mesh_terms: D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*