Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

ACRON

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 156 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

ACRON , a See also:

Greek physician, See also:born at See also:Agrigentum in See also:Sicily, was contemporary with See also:Empedocles, and must therefore have lived in the 5th See also:century before See also:Christ. The successful measure of See also:lighting large fires, and purifying the See also:air with perfumes, to put a stop to the See also:plague in See also:Athens (430 B.C.), is said to have originated with him; but this has been questioned on See also:chronological /N 'N) grounds. Suidas gives the titles of several medical See also:works written by him in the Doric See also:dialect.

End of Article: ACRON

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
ACROMEGALY 		[next]
ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, top, a6)Xts, city)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries