Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria
Download or Read eBook Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria PDF written by Heinrich von Staden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-04-20 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Heinrich von Staden |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 716 |
| Release | : 1989-04-20 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521236460 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521236461 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria by : Heinrich von Staden
Book excerpt: Herophilus, a contemporary of Euclid, practiced medicine in Alexandria in the third century B.C., and seems to have been the first Western scientist to dissect the human body. He made especially impressive contributions to many branches of anatomy. Von Staden assembles the fragmentary evidence concerning one of the more important scientists of ancient Greece.
