A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

(Ἀισχρίων), a native of Pergamus, and a physician in the second century after Christ. He was one of Galen's tutors, who says that he belonged to the sect of the Empirici, and that he had a great knowlledge of Pharmacy and Material 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. (Gal. De Simpl. Medic. Facult. 11.34, vol. xii. p. 356; C. G. Kühn. Additam. ad Elench. Med. Vet. a J. A. Fabric. in "Bibl. Gr." exhibit.)

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