Herophilus

noun

died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves

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Historical Examples of herophilus

They had been described long before by Herophilus and others.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887
Various
Herodotus was a great teacher and writer; also Herophilus, his pupil.
The Funny Side of Physic
A. D. Crabtre
Herophilus first made diagnosis by the pulse, upon which he wrote a book.
The Funny Side of Physic
A. D. Crabtre
Herophilus, that one species of motion is obvious only to reason, the other to sense.
Essays and Miscellanies
Plutarch
Herophilus, in that sinus of the brain which is the basis of it.
Essays and Miscellanies
Plutarch

herophilus in Medicine

Herophilus

[hə-rŏf′ə-ləs]fl. c. 300 bc

Greek anatomist and surgeon. A pioneer of dissection, he compared the human anatomy to that of other animals and gave detailed descriptions of the brain, liver, spleen, and sexual organs.