2015/08/31 by Rafael Romero Reverón · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · #History of Medicine Studies #Medical and Biological Sciences
paper · pdf · doi:10.2399/ana.15.003
openalex publication_date 2015/08/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Herophilos (ca. 330 to ca. 260 B.C.) was a Greek physician and precursor in learning and teaching of human anatomy through systematic anatomical dissections who made extraordinary anatomical discoveries. He developed the theory of using the pulse as a form of diagnosis and introduced the use of experimental method to medicine.