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Herophilus

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He·roph·i·lus (h-rf-ls) fl. c. 300 bc.
Greek anatomist and surgeon. A pioneer of dissection, he compared the human anatomy to that of other animals and gave detailed descriptions of the brain, liver, spleen, and sexual organs.


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Herophilus was an anatomist at the library; his research led him to chart the purpose and function of all bodily organs, including the brain and nervous system.
A greatness reborn by Trent, Brian / The Humanist
they brought together in Alexandria the greatest thinkers of the time-Euclid, the inventor of geometry; Erastothenes, who calculated the circumference of the earth; Herophilus, who established the rules of anatomy and physiology; Aristarchus and Dionysius Thrax, who codified grammar; and the founder of cartography, Claudius Ptolemateus.
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