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A short commentary on Aristotle's scientific legacy and his definition of the physiologist

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ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA HUNGARICA
Volume 101, Issue 2, Pages 259-261

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AKADEMIAI KIADO ZRT
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.101.2014.2.14

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physiology; Aristotle; physiologist; history of medicine

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The roots of physiology - on the basis of a systematic study of the human body's functions and their correlation to anatomy - date back to the works of Aristotle. The pupil of Plato and the tutor of Alexander the Great was a one-man university, and his contributions to the medical sciences have been immense. His surviving works highlight the first serious approach towards the rejection of metaphysical and mythological thought, and have: (i) demonstrated a deep appreciation for a systematic, non-metaphysical study of the natural world, (ii) set the foundations of comparative and human anatomy, (iii) established the first (indirect) definition of the physiologist, and (iv) exercised a dominant influence upon the subsequent history of Hellenistic, European and Arabic Medicine. The current letter provides a short commentary on the historical account of Physiology as a scientific field and underlines the unique legacy that Aristotle has provided us with.

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