In Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus' Disease, how is the The scene discussed?
Antiochus is bedridden, suffering from a sickly languor. His father, King Seleucus, is at the foot of the bed in the dark. To save his son, he called on the great physician Erasistratus.
The latter is beside him, taking his pulse: his left hand on Antiochus' wrist. The doctor asked that the women of the palace present themselves, one by one, before Antiochus. When Stratonice's turn comes, the young prince's pulse quickens, Erasistratus then raises his right hand, index finger pointing to the "cause of the disease".
Erasistratus convinced the king to give up the beautiful Stratonice to his son, and the prince recovers.
Stratonice Erasistratus Antiochus