Antaeus (physician)
Ancient Greek physician
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Antaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀνταῖος) or Anthaeus (Ἀνθαῖος) was a physician of ancient Greece, whose outlandish remedy for rabies is mentioned by Pliny the Elder,[1] and consisted of deriving a potion from the skull of a hanged man.[2][3] One of his prescriptions is preserved by Galen.[4] Nothing is known of the events of his life, but since Pliny mentions him, he must have lived some time in or before the first century CE.
