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Erasistratus

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[er-uh-sis-truh-tuhs] / ˌɛr əˈsɪs trə təs /

noun

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


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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

For Erasistratus our chief source of information are two polemical treatises directed against him by Galen.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by R.W. Livingstone

They then assert, with Galen, against Erasistratus, that it is the blood, not spirits, which is contained in the arteries.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

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

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

Had Erasistratus only been acquainted with the structure of insects, the analogy of their tracheal system would have been a tower of strength to him.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson

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