descriptions of the cerebrum and cerebellum. Erasistratus is regarded by some as the founder of physiology. Erasistratus is generally supposed to have been born...
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prince's pulse quickens, Erasistratus then raises his right hand, index finger pointing to the "cause of the disease". Erasistratus convinced the king to...
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his contemporary, Erasistratus of Chios, researched the role of veins and nerves, mapping their courses across the body. Erasistratus connected the increased...
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anatomists and physiologists of the third century were Herophilus and Erasistratus. These two physicians helped pioneer human dissection for medical research...
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pneuma to the different parts of the body. A generation afterwards, Erasistratus made this the basis of a new theory of diseases and their treatment....
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that the pulse was a property of arteries themselves. Greek anatomist Erasistratus observed that arteries that were cut during life bleed. He ascribed the...
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Alexandria School of Medicine (section Erasistratus)
Anatomists and doctors of the Alexandria School were Herophilos and Erasistratus.[citation needed] Although Herophilos (c. 300 BC) is considered to be...
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human heart while Erasistratus identified their function by testing the irreversibility of the blood flow through the valves. Erasistratus also discovered...
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contributed to the understanding of neuroanatomy as well. Herophilus and Erasistratus of Alexandria were perhaps the most influential with their studies involving...
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παρα- para- 'beside' + ἐν en- 'in' + χεῖν khein 'to pour'. Originally, Erasistratus and other anatomists used it to refer to certain human tissues. Later...
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organs through tiny slits in the body). Notable Greek autopsists were Erasistratus and Herophilus of Chalcedon, who lived in 3rd century BCE Alexandria...
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and provided the first clear description of the ventricles; and with Erasistratus of Ceos experimented on living brains. Their works are now mostly lost...
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ancient Greek lyric poets, of the Sophist Prodicus, and of the physician Erasistratus. The inhabitants were known for offering sacrifices to the Dog Star,...
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that he could explain what he was doing to those who were fascinated. Erasistratus was his contemporary. Together, they worked at a medical school in Alexandria...
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related jaundice has been documented since at least since the time of Erasistratus. The gall-bladder and bile ducts lay open. Choledochoduodenostomy - a...
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Freud (1911), French psychiatrist Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1942), Erasistratus, Plutarch and Galen. Parisian physician, Bartholomy Pardoux (1545-1611)...
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and Apollo Killing Niobe's Children (1772) The Death of Seneca (1773) Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus' Disease (1774) The Funeral Games...
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environment was crucial in helping treat neurological disorders. In 280 B.C., Erasistratus of Chios theorized that there were divisions in vestibular processing...
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human beings took place for the first time in the work of Herophilos and Erasistratus. Anatomical knowledge in antiquity would reach its apex in the person...
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Retrieved 26 March 2014. Harris, James C. (1 June 2012). "Lovesickness: Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus' Disease". Archives of General Psychiatry...
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carried out by the Ancient Greek physicians Herophilus of Chalcedon and Erasistratus of Chios in the early part of the third century BC. The first physician...
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anatomical research occurred in the work of Herophilos (335–280 BC) and Erasistratus (c. 304 – c. 250 BC), who gained permission to perform live dissections...
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ventricles, rather than two, that all connected to the lungs. Greek physician Erasistratus (315 – 240 BCE) agreed with Hippocrates and Aristotle that the heart...
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theorized that blood traveled through the veins, while Herophilos and Erasistratus performed dissections and vivisections of humans and animals, providing...
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that the pulse was a property of arteries themselves. Greek anatomist Erasistratus observed that arteries that were cut during life bleed. He ascribed the...
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Apollodorus Chremo Cleomedes, son of Lycomedes Critias Diocles Dracontides Erasistratus of Acharnae Eratosthenes (not the well-known scholar) Eucleides Eumathes...
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baritone Stratonica, soprano Seleucus, bass Negrodorus, tenor Hesychius / Erasistratus, priest superior / royal physician, baritone Flavia, soprano Medor, soprano...
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through complete abstinence of food and drink. The royal physician Erasistratus declared, "One inclining to epilepsy should be made to fast without mercy...
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David was awarded the Prix de Rome on the strength of his painting of Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus' Disease, a subject set by the judges...
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commentaries on the philosophies of his namesake Aristotle Aristotle, son of Erasistratus, is mentioned by Sextus Empiricus in his Adversus Mathematicos (Πρὸς...
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