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Aeschrion of Pergamon


Aeschrion (Gr. Αισχρίων) of Pergamon was a physician in the 2nd century AD. He was one of Galen's tutors, who says that he belonged to the sect of the Empirici, and that he had a great knowledge of pharmacy and materia medica. Aeschrion was the inventor of a celebrated superstitious remedy for the bite of a mad dog, which is mentioned with approbation by Galen and Oribasius, and of which the most important ingredient was powdered crawfish. These he directs to be caught at a time when the sun and moon were in a particular relative position, and to be baked alive.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 



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