Demetrius of Apamea

Demetrius of Apamea

Demetrius of Apamea was a Hellenistic physiologist of the Herophilean school.

He studied the sexual organs, focusing his attention on the treatment of ailments - instead of the reproductive physiology that was studied under Herophilos.[1]

References

  1. ^ von Staden, Heinrich (1989). Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria. Cambridge University Press. pp. 506–511. ISBN 0521236460. http://books.google.com/books?id=rGhlIfJZkVoC. Retrieved 2008-01-13. 

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