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Via Egnatia: Excavations reveal secrets of ancient Roman roads
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COSTAS KANTOURIS, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
07-27-2005
Dateline: KOMOTINI, Greece
Archaeologists excavating along the ancient Via Egnatia are revealing the secrets of the ancient Romans' equivalent of an Interstate highway.
Stretching 861 kilometers (535 miles) across modern-day Albania, Macedonia and Greece, the stone-paved road made the going easy for charioteers, soldiers and other travelers. It was up to 30 feet wide (9 meters) in places and was dotted with safety features, inns and service stations.
"This was a busy road, and the Romans managed to make it completely ...
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Herophilus of Chalcedon and the practice of dissection in Hellenistic Alexandria.(History of Medicine)
Magazine article from: South African Medical Journal
; ...account, as illustrated by the example of Herophilus of Chalcedon, who was the first dissector...Alexandria in the third century BC provided Herophilus with opportunities to dissect--and...Alexandria during the third century BC, Herophilus and Erasistratus, performed such dissections...
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Blood pressure: Genetic and environmental influences
Magazine article from: Human Biology
; ...Expanding on Aristotle's theories, Herophilus was the first to discuss the dilation...arteries. In his description of the pulse Herophilus was the first to use the terms diastole...According to Levine (1971, p. 288), Herophilus's theory "became a model for almost...
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Medieval Embryology in the Vernacular: The Case of 'De spermate'.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review
; ...origin of human dissection (p. 9) omits any reference to Herophilus and Erasistratus in third-century BC Alexandria; when these...no reference is made to Heinrich von Staden's magisterial Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria (Cambridge: Cambridge...
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The eye in antiquity.(History of Medicine)
Magazine article from: South African Medical Journal
; ...course of the optic nerves. The anatomical descriptions of Herophilus, in particular, were not improved on for 18 centuries...Alcmaeon (followed by Callisthenes, a pupil of Aristotle, and Herophilus) first dissected the eye, and described the optic nerve...
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IN PRAISE OF ALEX Teresa Levonian Cole marvels at a city where remnants of an ancient past are the foundation of its modern charm
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...Earth revolves around the Sun, Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth (accurate to within 50 miles), and Herophilus first suggested that blood circulates through the body. It was also here that Archimedes studied hydraulics and gave us his...
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The Library of Alexandria reopens: this brand-new institution claims an influential, ancient legacy. (IT Feature).(Egypt)
Magazine article from: Information Today
; ...the large deposits they paid. The library served the greatest thinkers of the time, among them Euclid, Archimedes, and Herophilus, to name a few. For the large Hellenized Jewish population, the Old Testament was translated from Hebrew to Greek. This...
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Women physicians at Baylor University Medical Center.
Magazine article from: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
; ...practice of healing. One of the better-known women Greek physicians was Agnodice. She was trained by the master physician Herophilus and was very capable. However, she had to disguise herself as a man to perform her profession in the third century BC...
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The Mesopotamian schools of Edessa and Jundi-Shapur: The roots of modern medical schools
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon
; ...of medicine in Alexandria, established in the third century BC, is only one example. There, prominent physicians like Herophilus and Erasitratus passed on their knowledge to student physicians who were soon to become famous in their own right, such as...
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A MODERN-DAY FRANKENSTEIN; On the eve of one of the most controversial art shows ever . . .
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...ancient Egyptian skills of mummification with gruesome results. There, in 280BC, two physicians named Erasistratus and Herophilus dissected the bodies of prisoners of war - while they were still conscious. The unfortunates were flayed and cut apart so...
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Chronic Noncancer Pain Basics for the Primary Care Physician.
Newspaper article from: Primary Care Reports
; ...movement of circulating atoms, and Aristotle distinguished the 5 senses. After Aristotles death, Straton of Greece and later Herophilus and Erasistratus of Alexandria provided anatomic evidence that the brain was part of the nervous system and that nerves were...
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