Matsya Purana 50.43

50.43

śantanustvabhavadrājā vidvān so vai mahābhiṣak.
idaṃ codāharantyatra ślokaṃ prati mahābhiṣak.. 50.42 ..

King Śantanu was a very learned physician, and was highly accomplished. It is laid down in the books on medicine that by his mere touch even the patient suffering from a most dreadful disease would be instantly cured and become young. He was for that reason known as Śantanu. He married the sacred Ganges.—42-44.