20 Facts About Herophilos

Herophilos'sophilosrophilos, sometimes Latinised Herophilos'sophilosrophilus, was a Greek physician regarded as one of the earliest anatomists.

Herophilos'sophilos was the first scientist to systematically perform scientific dissections of human cadavers.

Herophilos'sophilos recorded his findings in over nine works, which are now all lost.

Herophilos'sophilosrophilos was the first scientist to systematically perform scientific dissections of human cadavers.

Herophilos'sophilosrophilos emphasised the use of the experimental method in medicine, for he considered it essential to found knowledge on empirical bases.

Herophilos'sophilos noticed that as blood flowed through arteries, they pulsed or rhythmically throbbed.

Herophilos'sophilos worked out standards for measuring a pulse and could use these standards to aid him in diagnosing sicknesses or diseases.

Herophilos'sophilos proposed that the brain housed the intellect rather than the heart.

Herophilos'sophilos was the first person to differentiate between the cerebrum and the cerebellum, and to place individual importance on each portion.

Herophilos'sophilos looked more in depth into the network of nerves located in the cranium.

Herophilos'sophilos described the optic nerve for seeing and the oculomotor nerve for eye movements.

Herophilos'sophilosrophilos used the term retiform to describe the retina, from its resemblance to a casting net, giving the origin of the modern term.

Herophilos'sophilos believed that the sensory and motor nerves shot out from the brain and that the neural transmissions occurred by means of pneuma.

Part of Herophilos's beliefs about the human body involved the pneuma, which he believed was a substance that flowed through the arteries along with the blood.

Herophilos'sophilosrophilos introduced many other scientific terms used to this day to describe anatomical phenomena.

Herophilos'sophilos was among the first to introduce the notion of conventional terminology, as opposed to use of "natural names", using terms he created to describe the objects of study, naming them for the first time.

Herophilos'sophilos named the duodenum, which is part of the small intestine.

Herophilos'sophilosrophilos is credited with learning extensively about the physiology of the female reproductive system.

Herophilos'sophilos is credited with the discovery of the ovum, and was the first to make a scientific description of what would later be called Skene's gland, and in 2001 was renamed the female prostate.

Herophilos'sophilosrophilos believed that exercise and a healthy diet were integral to an individual's bodily health.