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Erasistratus Of Ceos: Quick Facts

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Flourished c.275 BCE - c.225 BCE
Subjects Of Study circulation • nervous system
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William Harvey
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Herophilus
Alexandrian physician
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Greek physician
Claude Bernard
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French scientist
Ivan Pavlov
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Russian physiologist
Marcello Malpighi
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Italian scientist
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René Laënnec
French physician
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius
Belgian physician
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Torsten Wiesel
Swedish biologist
Florence Sabin, c. 1915.
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American anatomist
DeBakey, Michael
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Sir Charles Sherrington
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington
British physiologist
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D. Carleton Gajdusek
American physician
The “father of scientific surgery”
John Hunter
British surgeon
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David Hunter Hubel
American biologist
Franciscus Sylvius
Franciscus Sylvius
German physician
Matteo Colombo, oil painting by an unknown artist
Matteo Realdo Colombo
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Roger Wolcott Sperry
American biologist
Cheselden, William
William Cheselden
British surgeon and teacher