Hippocrates of Kos (c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Greece), who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in

Herophilus (335–280 BC), was a Greek physician deemed to be among the earliest anatomists. Born in Chalcedon, he spent the majority of his life in Alexandria, Egypt. He was the first scientist to

Erasistratus was a physician of the Alexandrian era (c.305 BC – c.240 BC), who, together with Herophilus founded the School of Anatomy of Alexandria. A pioneer in observing and describing the human anatomy