Abascantus
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Template:Short description Abascantus (Template:Langx) was a physician of Lugdunum, who probably lived in the 2nd century AD. He is mentioned several times by Galen,[1] who has also preserved an antidote invented by him against the bite of serpents.[2] The name appears in numerous Latin inscriptions in Gruter's collection, five of which refer to a freedman of Augustus, who is supposed by some scholars to be the same person that is mentioned by Galen.[3] This identification is uncertain, as also whether Parakletios Abaskanthos (Παρακλήτιος Ἀβάσκανθος) in Galen[4] refers to the subject of this article.[3]
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