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Erasistratus

Ptolemaic Dynasty

 

Erasistratus was a physician who was at work in the third century B.C., did a great deal to establish the nature of the nervous, digestive, and vascular systems. The monarchs of the times are said to have provided criminals for vivisection.

 

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Last Updated: June 20th, 2011