Aeschrion (
Gr. ) of
Pergamon
Pergamon or Pergamum ( or ; grc-gre, Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (), was a rich and powerful ancient Greece, ancient Greek city in Mysia. It is located from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a ...
was a
physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
in the 2nd century AD. He was one of
Galen
Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus ( el, Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – c. AD 216), often Anglicized as Galen () or Galen of Pergamon, was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman Empire. Considered to be one of ...
's tutors, who says that he belonged to the sect of the
Empirici, and that he had a great knowledge of
pharmacy
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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
Oribasius or Oreibasius ( el, Ὀρειβάσιος; c. 320 – 403) was a Greek medical writer and the personal physician of the Roman emperor Julian. He studied at Alexandria under physician Zeno of Cyprus before joining Julian's retinue. He ...
, 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.
[C. G. Kühn, ''Additam. ad Elencli. Med. Vet. a J. A. Fabric'', in "Bill. Gr." exhibit]
References
People from Pergamon
2nd-century Greek physicians
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