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 do not now exist.