(Ἡρόφιλος; Hēróphilos)
[1] From Chalcedon, Greek physician and medical author, approx. 330/20-260/50 BC
A. Life
Greek physician from Chalcedon, about 330/320 to 260/250 BC [5. 43-50]. Apart from his training with Praxagoras, with a Hippocratic orientation, he spent the majority of his active career under Ptolemy I and II in Alexandria. However, he does not appear to have worked in the Mouseion, nor was he a court physician …