Herophilos, the great anatomist of antiquity*

Year 2015, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 108 - 111, 10.09.2015

Rafael Reverón

https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.15.003

Abstract

Herophilos (ca. 330 to ca. 260 B.C.) was a Greek physician and precursor in learning and teaching of human anatomy through systematic anatomical dissections who made extraordinary anatomical discoveries. He developed the theory of using the pulse as a form of diagnosis and introduced the use of experimental method to medicine. Keywords: dissection; Herophilos, human anatomy

Keywords

dissection , Herophilos , human anatomy

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