Herophilus
Britishnoun
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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
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
Herophilus and Erasistratus wrote of the structure of the heart, and described its connection with the veins and arteries.
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman
In the Byzantine Empire of the East the same cause produced the same effect; the evolution of ascertained truth in medicine, begun by Hippocrates and continued by Herophilus, seemed lost forever.
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson
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