Erasistratus
Anatomist of Alexandria probable
- Dates
- No dates given in the film's sources
- Chapters
- III. The Oath and the Ligature
What the film says
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Called by the film 'the great anatomist'; one of the two rivals Galen mocked, the one who said nothing about how the kidney separates urine.
On the timeline
- Early 3rd century BC: Herophilus and Erasistratus dissect human bodies in Alexandria. probable timeline
Sources
Sources