c. 304–250 BCE · physician · anatomist
Erasistratus of Ceos
Ἐρασίστρατος
Known · AttestedNot attested in Alexandria.
Anatomist who distinguished sensory and motor nerves and described the heart's valves. Celsus pairs him with Herophilus at Alexandria; some scholars think he worked mainly at the Seleucid court in Antioch.
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- Erasistratus of Ceos, On Fevers, On Paralysis, Anatomy and other works · c. 280–250 BCE · Survives in fragments
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Sources (2)
- Celsus, On Medicine prooemium 23–26
- V. Nutton, Ancient Medicine, 2nd ed. (London: Routledge, 2013)