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Erasistratus

303 BC - 249 BC

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Erasistratus (; Ancient Greek: Ἐρασίστρατος; c. 304 – c. 250 BC) was a Greek anatomist and royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator of Syria. Along with fellow physician Herophilus, he founded a school of anatomy in Alexandria, where they carried out anatomical research. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erasistratus is the 152nd most popular physician (down from 118th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Greece (down from 195th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Physician.

Erasistratus was a Greek physician who lived in the third century BC. He is most famous for his work on the brain and the nervous system.

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Among physicians, Erasistratus ranks 152 out of 726. Before him are Charles Best, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Ibn Zuhr, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Theodor Billroth, and Franz Joseph Gall. After him are George Emil Palade, Albrecht von Haller, Howard Florey, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, and Georgios Papanikolaou.

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Among people born in 303 BC, Erasistratus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 249 BC, Erasistratus ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Erasistratus ranks 215 out of 1,024. Before him are Crates of Thebes (-365), Aelia Eudocia (401), Bacchylides (-490), Telamon (null), Stilpo (-359), and Idomeneus of Crete (null). After him are Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968), Periander (-700), Andreas Papandreou (1919), Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (-135), Athenagoras of Athens (133), and Leochares (-400).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Greece

Among physicians born in Greece, Erasistratus ranks 2. Before him are Hippocrates (-460). After him are Georgios Papanikolaou (1883), Agnodice (-400), Paul of Aegina (625), Podalirius (null), and Diocles of Carystus (-400).

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