Ae'schrion
(
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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