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Acron
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a Greek physician, born at Agrigentum in Sicily, was contemporary with Empedocles, and must therefore have lived in the 5th century before Christ. The successful measure of lighting large fires, and purifying the air with perfumes, to put a stop to the plague in Athens (430 B.C.), is said to have originated with him; but this has been questioned on chronological grounds. Suidas gives the titles of several medical works written by him in the Doric dialect.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Acron'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/acron.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Acron'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/acron.html. 1910.
