also Esc-. [L.] The Roman god of medicine; hence fig. A physician.
1714. Mandeville, Fable of Bees (1725), I. 298. The British Esculapius was undeniably a man of sense.
1840. Hood, Up the Rhine, 4. Besides the daily visit of routine, the Esculapius is generally sent for, in haste, some twice or thrice a week extra.
