biography
| name: |
Erasistratus (of Ceos)
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pronunciation:
[erasistratus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.250 BC)
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| biography:
| Greek physician, born in Ceos. He founded a school of anatomy at Alexandria, and is considered one of the pioneers of modern medicine. He is said to have been the first to trace arteries and veins to the heart, and to have named the tricuspid valve in the heart. |
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