“The rescued child he gave to share

Magnesian Centaur’s fostering care;

And learn of him the soothing art

That wards from man diseases’ dart.

Of those whom nature made to feel

Corroding ulcers gnaw their frame;

Or stones far hurled, or glittering steel,

All to the great physician came.

By summer’s heat or winter’s cold

Oppressed, of him they sought relief.