HER 
Gitratus defignated different ee of the body; for it is not 
eafy to point out the refpective difcoveries of thefe two 
anatomiits. 
confidered as belay modern, was pany made by Hero- 
Erafittratus, namely, that of the /aéeal ab- 
For Galen quotes the bi ogo fentence from the 
writings of the latter. If w e lay open the abdomen, we 
dittinétly seats a in the meientery 5 in young 
thefe are filled -w milk, but not in the adult animals.” 
And in another place, he 
its length to be about twelve inches. 
. fervation of the pulmonary vefiels, he gave the name of 
“arterial vein’’ to the pulmonary artery, and that ‘of “ ve- 
** to the pulmonary vein ; he alfo’ ufed the term 
og 
the § the frit 
ippocrates had, 
‘the pulfe in at cof es acfesperih: of 
the dtre 
* artery, the 
regilaity. of thebeats 5 he likewife Sea the equality 
the: cap. ae 
__ Hieron it would appear, shad great faith in the powers 
oo. and — sre and. made a more extenfive 
ic aes robin 
ing to Celfus, Herophilus and his difciples principally oh 
angie the general ufe of medicaments in the t treatme: 
.almolt every difeafe, in which the cure had former 
effected chiefly by diet aR ae sag ad lib. v. A 
liny informs us, that Herophilus uf erage * ond 
medicines. were saites nuilities, or “be were 
_ many fpecies of this hae 
f &c. which were prec dt in each 
anding, in 
a- of thefe difeafes, and FEN to-employ the 
his predecefflors. _ Accord- 
HER 
“ the hands of the got, ”? according to the ficill with which: - 
they were employed. White hellebore was held in high: 
eftimation by him, on account of the powerful ation which: 
— was capable of exciting’ in the body.. Plin. loc. cit.. 
ib 
The. {chools of press Sie and. Erafiftratus at- Alexan- 
dria, we are affured by Galen, continued to flourifa a long: 
time after the death of their founders ; and amo the dil-. 
Herophilus were wg diftinguifhed. phi 
Tarentu Alexander Phi 
were fo famous in his time, was pth to fecure 
credit to any phylician, if +4 would ey that he had ftudied, 
at Alexandria. See Le Clerc Mift..de la Médecine. —Goe- 
licke Hiftorie Med. Univerf. Period. 6ta.—Barchufen, 
Hitt. Medicine. 
HEROWRA, in ean a town of Hindooftan, in. . 
Oude ; ; 17 miles 5S, of 
PA, in Ancient Geography, a {mall town of Afia, 
fituated in the mountains from which proceeded the river 
Carmalus, +0 Ofdara. 
HERPES, in. Medicine, from tertiy, to creep, aterm aps 
plied to feveral 9 Some foe Di from their bendent? to, 
art of the fkin to anot 
have pines the fame words. 
cular, has been fo varioufly applied by different lich, 
it is now almoft impo to 
Ke. ng 
ultules, veficles, 
Gt finite 
ot ok icales, p , 
i oa 
that we fhould come to. 
m ¢ 
s Jquamofus, HH. pfu 
ae the particular net 
It is extremely defirable, however, 
fome common under! 
Villan 
feajes« 
, Ditake) toan pang 
i, @ the, Cee patch 
which is, in its early ftage, vy 
s. of {mall, t we, les, 
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