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Erasistratus

303 BC - 249 BC

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Erasistratus (; Ancient 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 173,420 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Erasistratus is the 118th most popular physician (up from 173rd in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Greece (up from 261st in 2019) and the 2nd 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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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Erasistratus ranks 118 out of 726. Before him are Andrew Schally, Arvid Carlsson, Friedrich Miescher, Niels Kaj Jerne, Ryke Geerd Hamer, and Santorio Santorio. After him are Francis Peyton Rous, Franz Joseph Gall, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, John Eccles, Ragnar Granit, and Giovanni Alfonso Borelli.

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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 195 out of 1,024. Before him are Leochares (-400), Nearchus (-356), Theopompus (-400), Aenesidemus (-80), Hipparchia of Maroneia (-350), and Odysseas Elytis (1911). After him are Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), Exekias (-501), Berenice I of Egypt (-340), Telamon (null), Bacchylides (-490), and Calchas (null).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Greece

Among physicians born in Greece, Erasistratus ranks 2. Before him are Hippocrates (-460). After him are Agnodice (-400), Georgios Papanikolaou (1883), Paul of Aegina (625), Podalirius (null), and Diocles of Carystus (-400).

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