Erasistratus — of Chios (304 BC 250 BC) was a Greek anatomist and royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator of Syria. Along with fellow Greek Philosopher Herophilus, he founded a school of anatomy in Alexandria. Alexandria was an Egyptian city that fostered the… … Wikipedia
Erasistratus — Erasistrătus, griech. Arzt, um 300 v. Chr., geb. auf der Insel Keos, lebte zu Antiochien und Alexandrien, gest. in Ionien in hohem Alter, Stifter einer eigenen mediz. Schule (Erasistratēer), machte bes. in der Lehre vom Gehirn und Nervensystem… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
ERASISTRATUS — Medicus eximus ex Aristotelis familia, eius ex filia nepos, cuius multis in locis meminit Plin. Inter alia ostendit, famem fieri, propter inanes ac patentes intestinorum, et ventriuculi fibras. Gell. l. 16. c. 3. Floruit autem sub Ptol.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Erasistratus of Chios — (c. 304 bc–259 bc) Greek anatomist and physician Erasistratus, who was born on the Greek island of Chios, came from a distinctly medical background and studied in Athens, Cos, and Alexandria. Following Herophilus he became the leading figure in… … Scientists
Erasistratus Of Ceos — ▪ Greek physician flourished c. 250 BC Greek anatomist and physician in Alexandria, regarded by some as the founder of physiology. Known especially for his studies of the circulatory and nervous systems, Erasistratus noted the… … Universalium
Erasistratus — /er euh sis treuh teuhs/, n. c300 250 B.C., Greek physician and physiologist. * * * … Universalium
Erasistratus — /er euh sis treuh teuhs/, n. c300 250 B.C., Greek physician and physiologist … Useful english dictionary
Erasistratus of Ceos — See Hellenistic biological sciences … History of philosophy
Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely … History of philosophy
pneumatism — ▪ medical theory in medicine, Alexandrian medical school, or sect, based on the theory that life is associated with a subtle vapour called the pneuma; it was, in essence, an attempt to explain respiration. Pneumatism was expounded by… … Universalium
