Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria: Edition, Translation ... - Heinrich von Staden, Herophilus, Herophilus Chalcedonius - Google Books

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Herophilus, a contemporary of Euclid, practiced medicine in Alexandria in the third century B.C., and seems to have been the first Western scientist to dissect the human body. He made especially impressive contributions to many branches of anatomy and also…