1. aesculapius - Noun
2. Aesculapius - Proper noun
The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.
Source: Webster's dictionaryProfessor Benjamin Ward Richardson stated in Disciples of Aesculapius that "the true student of medicine reads Laennec's treatise on mediate auscultation and the use of the stethoscope once in two years at least as long as he is in practice. Source: Internet
Masters had been abandoning ailing slaves at the temple of Aesculapius on Tiber Island to die instead of providing them with medical assistance and care, and then reclaiming them if they lived. Source: Internet