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Erasistratus

303 BC - 249 BC

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Erasistratus (; Greek: Ἐρασίστρατος; c. 304 – c. 250 BC) was a Greek anatomist and royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator of Syria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erasistratus has received more than 162,102 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Erasistratus is the 173rd most popular physician (down from 115th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Greece (down from 205th in 2019) and the 3rd 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

Among physicians, Erasistratus ranks 173 out of 502Before him are Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Leonid Rogozov, Dominique Jean Larrey, Anthony Fauci, Alexander Bogdanov, and Kitasato Shibasaburō. After him are Hans Rosling, Andrew Schally, Thomas Willis, Patch Adams, Charaka, and Aretaeus of Cappadocia.

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Contemporaries

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 261 out of 936Before him are Agis I (-957), Aristides of Athens (150), Theramenes (-450), Rigas Feraios (1757), Anaxandridas II (-565), and Ugo Foscolo (1778). After him are Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Cyril Lucaris (1572), Machaon (null), Alexandros Papagos (1883), Theaetetus (-417), and Arsinoe I (-305).

Among PHYSICIANS In Greece

Among physicians born in Greece, Erasistratus ranks 3Before him are Hippocrates (-460) and Georgios Papanikolaou (1883). After him are Paul of Aegina (625) and Podalirius (null).