 It is hardly surprising, given the influence of Christianity, that neither ancient scepticism nor Epicureanism found much of a following among medieval thinkers. But the attitudes associated with the medical empiricism of late antiquity did not entirely disappear: we find at least hints of these among late medieval writers. A striking example is the polemical work Antipocras by Nicholas of Poland (fl. 1278). While himself an educated man, trained within the scholastic tradition and assocated with the medical school at Montpellier, Nicholas advocated a medical practice based on experience, praising the knowledge of common people over against that of the scholars. This may have been a reaction to the more theoretical style of medicine developing at Montpellier as a result of the discovery of works by Galen and some Arab writers (Eamon &amp; Keil 1987: 195). But for evidence of more general empiricist doctrines, we must turn to the followers of Aristotle.