Erasistratus
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Doctors, Physicians, Nurses, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Greek physician{$I[g]Greece;Erasistratus} Erasistratus made numerous physiological and anatomical discoveries, perhaps using an exceptional combination of human and animal dissection (and possibly vivisection) to explore the structure and workings of the human body.
Early Life
Already during his childhood on the rocky, forested Aegean island Ceos (now Keos), Erasistratus (er-ah-SIHS-trah-tuhs) was no stranger to medicine. His father, Cleombrotus, was a physician, as was his mother’s brother Medius (or Medias). His brother,...
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