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Amentes logo #10101) Ancient Greek anatomist
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Amentes logo #21000 Amentes (Ἀμήντης) was an ancient Greek surgeon, mentioned by Galen as the inventor of some ingenious bandages. Some fragments of the works of a surgeon named Amynias (of which name Amentes is very possibly a corruption) still exist in the manuscript `Collec­tion of Surgical Writers` by Nicetas, and one ex­tract is preserved by Oribasiu.....
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