Aeschrion () of Pergamon was a physician in the 2nd century AD. 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.Galen, De Simpl. Medic. Facult. xi. 34, vol. xii. p. 356C. G. Kühn, Additam. ad Elencli. Med. Vet. a J. A. Fabric, in "Bill. Gr." exhibit This remedy is mentioned with approbation by Galen and Oribasius.Synops. iii. p. 55
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