Aeschrion_of_Pergamon

Aeschrion of Pergamon

Aeschrion of Pergamon

2nd-century Greek physician

For other uses, see Aeschrion (disambiguation).

Aeschrion (Gr. Αισχρίων) of Pergamon was a physician in the 2nd century AD.[1] 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, of which the most important ingredient was powdered crawfish. He directs these crawfish to be caught at a time when the sun and moon are in a particular relative position, and for them to be baked alive.[2][3] This remedy is mentioned with approbation by Galen and Oribasius.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Greenhill, William Alexander (1867), "Aeschrion (4)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 40
  2. [2]
    Galen, De Simpl. Medic. Facult. xi. 34, vol. xii. p. 356
  3. [3]
    C. G. Kühn, Additam. ad Elencli. Med. Vet. a J. A. Fabric, in "Bill. Gr." exhibit
  4. [4]
    Synops. iii. p. 55

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aeschrion (4)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.


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