Aeschrion of Pergamon

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]

For other uses, see Aeschrion (disambiguation).

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