Erasistratus

Erasistratus in Wikipedia

Erasistratus (Greek: Ἐρασίστρατος; 304 BC- 250 BC) was a Greek anatomist and royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator of Syria. Along with fellow physician Herophilus, he founded a school of anatomy in Alexandria, where they carried out anatomical research. He is credited for his description of the valves of the heart, and he also concluded that th...

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Erasistrătus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Ἐρασίστρατος). A physician of Iulis, in the island of Ceos, and grandson of Aristotle by a daughter of this philosopher. After having frequented the schools of Chrysippus, Metrodorus, and Theophrastus, he passed some time at the court of Seleucus Nicator, where he gained great reputation by discovering the secret malady which preyed upon the young...

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