Erasistratus

[er-uh-sis-truh-tuhs]

noun

1. c300–250 b.c., Greek physician and physiologist.

Example Sentences

Erasistratus and Herophilus explored the cerebella of fast-moving animals like deer and rabbits.

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Tertullian affirms that he had thus sacrificed six hundred victims; but what faith can we place in such an absurd charge, which very probably arose from envy or prejudice; although his successor Erasistratus, was accused of a similar offence, and in more modern times Mondini, who was the first to reintroduce human dissections was exposed to a like charge.

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Many were the ancient physicians who have minutely entered into these investigations, amongst them we may name Herophilus, Erasistratus, Zeno, Alexander Philalethes, Heraclides of Erythræ, Heraclides of Tarentum, Aristoxenes.

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It was Herophilus who founded the celebrated school of Alexandria, where under the auspices of Ptolemy Philadelphus, Erasistratus succeeded him, followed by Strabo of Berytus, Strabo of Lampsacus, Lycon of Troas, Apollonius of Memphis, and many other distinguished philosophers.

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Moreover, the doctrines of Erasistratus bear much resemblance to those of the Chinese.

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