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
But the word ὑπόσφαγμα is, properly speaking, equivalent, to ὑπότριμμα, a dish compounded of various ingredients, as Erasistratus tells us, in his Cookery Book.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
And, for want of sufficiently careful experimentation, Erasistratus strayed into a hopelessly misleading path.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter
Even Erasistratus himself, toward the close of his life, through some dispute or misunderstanding, appears to have left the Museum and established a school at Smyrna.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
Herophilus had been a student at Cos, Erasistratus at Cnidos, so that the teaching of the two great Greek medical schools was introduced into Alexandria.
From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by Elliott, James Sands
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