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so curing the Wound that the Sight remained, and only a 

 Blemish of the Mouth remained. But Asclepiades the Pru- 

 sian surpassed all others, having founded a new Sect ; he 

 rejected the Ambassadors and large Promises offered by 

 King Mithridates; discovered a Method to make Wine medi- 

 cinable for the Sick; and recovered a Man to his former 

 state of Health, who was carried forth to be buried : and 

 chiefly he attained to the greatest Name for the Engagement 

 made against Fortune, that he would not be reputed a Phy- 

 sician if he ever were known to be in any way diseased. And 

 he was Conqueror ; for when he was very aged he fell down 

 over the Stairs, and was killed. A high Testimony for Know- 

 ledge in Geometry and the making of Engines was given by 

 M. Marcellus to Archimedes, who in the storming of Syra- 

 cuse gave express Command concerning him alone, that no 

 Violence should be done to him ; but military Imprudence 

 disappointed the Order. Ctesiphon of Gnosos is much praised 

 for having wonderfully erected the Temple of Diana at 

 Ephesus. Philon, likewise, was highly esteemed for making 

 the Arsenal at Athens, which was able to receive a thousand 

 Ships ; and Ctesibius for a Method of forming Wind Instru- 

 ments, and the Discovery of Engines to draw Water : Dino- 



of antiquity, who had the benefit of access to the long series of records of 

 the family of the Asclepiadae, and whose public spirit was equal to his 

 abilities and opportunities. Wern. Club. 



Medal of Hippocrates, from an engraving in Dr. Mead's Harveyan Oration, 1723. 



