When1: -300
When2: -280
Who: Herophilus
What: anatomist
Where: Alexandria, Egypt
Detail: He lived -335 to -280, dissected human body, and compared to other animal bodies. He described brain, brain ventricles, heart, heart valves, nervous system, sense and motor nerves, cornea, sclera, choroid, retina, and lens. He founded medical school at Alexandria.
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