Herophilos, the great anatomist of antiquity*

Abstract

Herophilos (ca. 330 to ca. 260 B.C.) was a Greek physician and precursor in learning and teaching of human anatomy through systematic anatomical dissections who made extraordinary anatomical discoveries. He developed the theory of using the pulse as a form of diagnosis and introduced the use of experimental method to medicine. Keywords: dissection; Herophilos, human anatomy