Erasistratus
Americannoun
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Erasistratus and Herophilus explored the cerebella of fast-moving animals like deer and rabbits.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2018
Erasistratus thus, in a manner, laid the foundations of the theory of the motion of the blood.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter
From Erasistratus to Celsus physicians of all schools practised medicine and surgery as one art.
From Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 by Allbutt, Sir Thomas Clifford
"How!" said Seleucus, "and will our friend Erasistratus refuse to bestow his wife upon my son and only successor, when there is no other way to save his life?"
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
Moreover, the doctrines of Erasistratus bear much resemblance to those of the Chinese.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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