Litorius
Λιτώριος
(Λιτώριος) a veterinary surgeon, a native of Beneventum in Samnium, who may, perhaps, have lived in the fourth or fifth century after Christ.
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Fragments on Veterinary Surgery
A few fragments of his writings, which are all that remain, are to be found in the collection of writers on veterinary surgery.
Editions
These are first published in Latin by Jean de la Ruelle, Paris 1530, fol., and afterwards in Greek by Simon Grynaeus, Basil, 1537, 4to.
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