A Roman physician who attended the emperor Claudius. His Compositiones, written about AD 47, collects some 270 prescriptions, among them an early record of the “holy” antidotes.

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  1. Hiera of Pacchius, plate: Colocynth
    Hiera of PacchiusA bitter purgative compound, the “holy antidote” of Paccius Antiochus, a pupil of Philonid

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