Erasistratus

American  

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

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2018

At Alexandria, where a great medical library was collected, anatomy began to be studied and two men whose discoveries were of primary importance for the history of that subject, Erasistratus and Herophilus, early practised there.

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 Livingstone, R.W.

His thought was passed on to the School of Alexandria, and there medical science was developed yet further, especially by such men as Herophilus and Erasistratus.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

The structure and functions of the valves of the heart, Erasistratus, B.C.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham

Since Erasistratus believed that only the veins carried blood while the arteries contained air, he also feared the possibility of transferring air from the arteries into the veins as a result of venesection.

From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby