Aeschrion of Pergamon

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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, which is mentioned with approbation by Galen and Oribasius,[2] 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.[3][4]

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  2. Synops. iii. p. 55
  3. Galen, De Simpl. Medic. Facult. xi. 34, vol. xii. p. 356
  4. C. G. Kühn, Additam. ad Elencli. Med. Vet. a J. A. Fabric, in "Bill. Gr." exhibit

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