Herophilus

British  

/ hɪəˈrɒfɪləs /

noun

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

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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

In the early third century Herophilus of Chalcedon, the brilliant Alexandrian anatomist, invented a device for timing the pulse.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Yet this assumes that Herophilus was asking modern questions of his data.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Inscriptions on extant gems make it probable that Dioscorides was a native of Aegeae in Cilicia, and that three sons, Hyllos, Herophilus and Eutyches, followed their father’s occupation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Knowledge of the human body was increased not long after his death by Herophilus and Erasistratus, but not even Galen more than four centuries later made any essential additions to Aristotle's anatomy.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell