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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Esculapios

(Latin, Esculapius). A disciple of Esculapius means a medical student. Esculapian, medical. Esculapios, in Homer, is a “blameless physician,” whose sons were the medical attendants of the Greek army. Subsequently; he was held to be the “god of the medical art.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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