Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Pencil drawing.

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Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Pencil drawing. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 drawing : pencil, with brown wash

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Lettering on reverse reads: "B[ritish] M[useum] expertise: possibly copy of an engraving, hence hard technique, Flemish, 17th century."

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