Alexandrian physician who was an early performer of public dissections on human cadavers; and often called the father of anatomy.[7 related articles]
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<person> Herophilus of Chalcedon is the early 'Father of Anatomy' and Galen remarked that he was the first to have dissected human and animal bodies. ... Pliny states Herophilus was the first man to search for the cause of disease by human dissection, and goes on to say that Pharaoh Ptolemy witnessed some of these dissections. Celsus gave Her...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: hĕ-rof′i-lŭs Definitions: 1. Greek physician and anatomist of the Alexandrian school, circa 300 B.C. See: torcular herophili
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