one of the most celebrated physicians among the ancients, was a native of Prusa in Bithynia; and practiced 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.

a famous physician under Hadrian, of the same city with the former. He wrote several books concerning the composition of medicines; both internal and external.