descriptions of the cerebrum and cerebellum. Erasistratus is regarded by some as the founder of physiology. Erasistratus is generally supposed to have been born...

prince's pulse quickens, Erasistratus then raises his right hand, index finger pointing to the "cause of the disease". Erasistratus convinced the king to...

his contemporary, Erasistratus of Chios, researched the role of veins and nerves, mapping their courses across the body. Erasistratus connected the increased...

Anatomists and doctors of the Alexandria School were Herophilos and Erasistratus.[citation needed] Although Herophilos (c. 300 BC) is considered to be...

anatomists and physiologists of the third century were Herophilus and Erasistratus. These two physicians helped pioneer human dissection for medical research...

that the pulse was a property of arteries themselves. Greek anatomist Erasistratus observed that arteries that were cut during life bleed. He ascribed the...

pneuma to the different parts of the body. A generation afterwards, Erasistratus made this the basis of a new theory of diseases and their treatment....

human heart while Erasistratus identified their function by testing the irreversibility of the blood flow through the valves. Erasistratus also discovered...

παρα- para- 'beside' + ἐν en- 'in' + χεῖν khein 'to pour'. Originally, Erasistratus and other anatomists used it to refer to certain human tissues. Later...

organs through tiny slits in the body). Notable Greek autopsists were Erasistratus and Herophilus of Chalcedon, who lived in 3rd century BCE Alexandria...