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Contemporary management of the benign obstructive prostate: An overview
; The prostate is the major accessory sex gland in men. Historically, its etymology can be traced to ancient Greece, where Herophilus described and named it as the organ standing before the bladder-as its guardian, so to speak. Embryologically, it has its...
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Profile: Revival of the Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt
; ...devised his geometric theories in Alexandria. Aristophanes calculated the circumference of the Earth with astonishing accuracy. Herophilus dissected the human body and proved that the seat of human intelligence lay in the brain, not in the heart, as Aristotle thought...
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Blood pressure: Genetic and environmental influences
; ...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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A history of pathology and laboratory medicine at Baylor University Medical Center.
; ...OF PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE Pathology has its origins in ancient medicine but developed only as science advanced. Herophilus, one of the great Greek physicians, along with Erasistratus, provided a beginning for anatomical pathology and autopsy (1...
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The Waning of the Light: The Eclipse of Philosophy.
; ...Galen and Ptolemy) were the originators of axiomatic geometry and what we now refer to as protoscience: for example, Euclid, Herophilus, Erasistratus, Apollonius, Heraclides, Hipparchus, and Aristarchus. (1) Each of the major founders of modern classical science...
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Centre of learning that was lost - not just once
; ...reputation attracting scholars from all over the ancient world. It is said that Archimedes worked at the library and that Herophilus carried out the first dissection of a human body there. Hipparchus is thought to have begun the science of astronomy there...
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Alexandria's Library Rides Again.(new great library in Alexandria, Egypt)(Brief Article)
; ...raising water with a screw while working at the library, and it can still be seen in use by the fellahin around the city today. Herophilus conducted the first dissection of the human body in the library, and Hipparchus began the science of astronomy here. It is...
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Women physicians at Baylor University Medical Center.
; ...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, when...
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The Mesopotamian schools of Edessa and Jundi-Shapur: The roots of modern medical schools
; ...school 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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Egyptian tomes.(Bibliotheca Alexandrina to be inaugurated in Egypt)
; ...astonishing accuracy. A team of 70 scholars translated the Pentateuch of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Greek -- the Septuagint. Herophilus dissected the human body and realized that the brain, not the heart, is the seat of intelligence. Then, mysteriously, the...
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