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Herofilus (Herophilos, Latin Herophilus), also called Herofilos of Chalcedon (about 335-280 BC), Greek physician, founder of the medical school of the Alexandrian Museum, founded by Ptolemy I Soter.

Herofilus lived in Alexandria, was born in Chalcedon (now Kadiköy in Turkey). Known as the father of scientifically understood anatomy. He was the first person to build his body on his body parts.

He studied The brain, which he identified as the center of the nervous system. He distinguished the nerve impulses and accurately described the eye, brain, liver, pancreas, salivary glands and reproductive system. The first thing he noticed was that the arteries did not contain air only blood.

He described the construction of the gastrointestinal tract and provided the first description of the small intestine he called the duodenum, because of its length defined at 12 transverse fingers. This name has survived to our times.

His works included comments on the works of Hippocrates. He was also the author of modern diagnostic methods, which he perfected during his practice. His works are missing, and are mostly known from quotations from Galena's work. Celsus in his work De Medicina and Tertullian claimed that Herofilus had made at least 600 sections on living prisoners. Authoritative control (person):

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