ASCLEPIADES, one of the most celebrated physicians among the ancients, was a native of Prusa, in Bithynia; and practised physic at Rome, under Pompey, 96 years before the Christian era. He was the head of a new sect; and, by making use of wine and cold water in the cure of the sick, acquired a very great reputation. He wrote several books, which are frequently mentioned by Galen, Celsus, and Pliny; but they are now lost.