Aeschrion of Pergamon

Aeschrion (Gr. polytonic|Αισχρίων) of Pergamon was a physician in the 2nd century AD. [Citation
last = Greenhill
first = William Alexander
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contribution = Aeschrion (4)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 40
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year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0049.html ] 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, ["Synops." iii. p. 55] 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. [Galen, "De Simpl. Medic. Facult." xi. 34, vol. xii. p. 356] [C. G. Kühn, "Additam. ad Elencli. Med. Vet. a J. A. Fabric", in "Bill. Gr." exhibit]

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