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Herophilus

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Herophilus [hɪəˈrɒfɪləs]
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(Biographies / Herophilus (death date: ?280 bc) M, Greek, MEDICINE: anatomist) died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves


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quot; Herophilus "If you eat all your greens up you will grow up big and strong.
Herophilus was an anatomist at the library; his research led him to chart the purpose and function of all bodily organs, including the brain and nervous system.
Around 300 BC, Herophilus was using dissections to teach anatomy, and he wrote a treatise on human anatomy but paid no attention to abnormalities of structure.
 
 
 
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