Erasistratus of Ceos

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Erasistratus of Ceos was an influential Hellenistic physician and anatomist known for his pioneering studies of the circulatory and nervous systems and for helping found the Alexandrian school of medicine.

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Erasistratus 3
Erasistratus of Ceos canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic scientist ⓘ
anatomist ⓘ
ancient Greek physician ⓘ
medical theorist ⓘ
activeInPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
associatedWith Alexandrian medical school ⓘ
birthPlace Ceos ⓘ
Cyclades ⓘ
Kea ⓘ
coFounderOf Alexandrian school of medicine ⓘ
contemporaryOf Herophilus of Chalcedon ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
deathPlace Asia Minor (traditional attribution) ⓘ
linked to: Asia Minor
employer Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Museum of Alexandria ⓘ
fieldOfWork anatomy ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
pathology ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
floruit 3rd century BCE ⓘ
hasReputation one of the founders of experimental physiology ⓘ
pioneer of scientific anatomy ⓘ
influenced Galen ⓘ
Roman medicine ⓘ
later Hellenistic medicine ⓘ
knownFor founding role in the Alexandrian school of medicine ⓘ
pioneering anatomical studies ⓘ
studies of the circulatory system ⓘ
studies of the nervous system ⓘ
languageOfWork Ancient Greek ⓘ
name Erasistratus of Ceos ⓘ
notableFor detailed descriptions of the brain ⓘ
detailed descriptions of the heart and vessels ⓘ
systematic dissections of animals ⓘ
notableIdea emphasis on dietetics and regimen in treatment ⓘ
minimization of drug use in therapy ⓘ
rejection of humoral pathology in favor of mechanical explanations ⓘ
sourceOfInformation Galen’s writings ⓘ
linked to: Galen

later doxographical reports ⓘ
studentOf Chrysippus of Cnidus ⓘ
linked to: Chrysippus of Soli

Metrodorus ⓘ
theoryDeveloped concept of the heart as a pump ⓘ
distinction between sensory and motor nerves ⓘ
explanation of pulse as a mechanical phenomenon ⓘ
mechanistic explanation of bodily functions ⓘ
theory of pneuma circulating in the body ⓘ
view that arteries normally contain air rather than blood ⓘ
traditionOrSchool Alexandrian medicine ⓘ
Hellenistic rationalist medicine ⓘ
workLocation Alexandria ⓘ

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Hellenistic medicine → hasNotableFigure → Erasistratus of Ceos ⓘ
Mouseion of Alexandria → notableScholar → Erasistratus ⓘ
subject linked to: Mouseion
linked to: Erasistratus of Ceos
Museum of Alexandria → notableScholar → Erasistratus ⓘ
linked to: Erasistratus of Ceos
Hellenistic science → hasKeyFigure → Erasistratus ⓘ
linked to: Erasistratus of Ceos
Erasistratus of Ceos → name → Erasistratus of Ceos ⓘ