19 Facts About Herophilus

Herophilus'sophilusrophilos, sometimes Latinised Herophilus'sophilusrophilus, was a Greek physician regarded as one of the earliest anatomists.

Herophilus'sophilus was the first scientist to systematically perform scientific dissections of human cadavers.

Herophilus'sophilus recorded his findings in over nine works, which are now all lost.

Herophilus'sophilusrophilos was the first scientist to systematically perform scientific dissections of human cadavers.

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

Herophilus'sophilus noticed that as blood flowed through arteries, they pulsed or rhythmically throbbed.

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

Herophilus'sophilus proposed that the brain housed the intellect rather than the heart.

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

Herophilus'sophilus looked more in depth into the network of nerves located in the cranium.

Herophilus'sophilus described the optic nerve for seeing and the oculomotor nerve for eye movements.

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

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

Herophilus'sophilusrophilos introduced many other scientific terms used to this day to describe anatomical phenomena.

Herophilus'sophilus 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.

Herophilus'sophilus named the duodenum, which is part of the small intestine.

Herophilus'sophilusrophilos is credited with learning extensively about the physiology of the female reproductive system.

Herophilus'sophilus 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.

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