Musa Antonius

, a freedman and physician of August us. He cured his imperial master of a dangerous disease under which he laboured, by recommending to him the use of the cold bath. He was greatly rewarded for this celebrated cure. He was honoured with a brazen statue by the Roman senate, which was placed near that of Æsculapius, and August us permitted him to wear a golden ring, and to be exempted from all taxes. He was not so succe ful in recommending the use of the cold bath to Mar cell us, as he had been to August us, and his illustrious patient died under his care. The cold bath was for a long time discontinued, till Charm is of Marseilles introduced it again, and convinced the world of its great benefits. Musa was brother to Euphorbus the physician of king Juba. Two small treatises, de herbâ Botanicâ , and de tuendâ Valetudine , are supposed to be the productions of his pen.――A daughter of Nicomedes king of Bithynia. She attempted to recover her father’s kingdom from the Romans, but to no purpose, though Cæsar espoused her cause. Paterculus , bk. 2 .— Suet on i us , Julius Cæsar .