THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN TURIN
The author of this inscription makes provision for the setting up of a stone pillar dedicated to the deified emperor Trajan, and has left it to the guild of Turin practitioners who follow Aesculapius and Hygeia in his will. This is the only mention of the guild in Turin, whereas it is known in Rome through its rules and regulations.
Divo / Traian(o) / C(aius) Quintius / Abascantus / test(amento) leg(avit) / medicis Taur(inis) / cultor(ibus) / Asclepi et / Hygiae.
To the divine Trajan. Caius Quintius Abascantus has bequeathed it to the Turinese physicians who worship Aesculapius and Hygeia.