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Herophilus
/ hɪəˈrɒfɪləs /
noun
- Herophilus?280 bcMGreekMEDICINE: anatomist died ?280 bc , Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
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Herodotus was a great teacher and writer; also Herophilus, his pupil.
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Herophilus first made diagnosis by the pulse, upon which he wrote a book.
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These earliest of really scientific investigators of the mechanism of the human body were named Herophilus and Erasistratus.
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Herophilus operated upon the liver and spleen, and looked upon the latter as of little consequence in the animal economy.
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Two great names of that school, Herophilus and Erasistratus, we must consider elsewhere.
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