{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"Great Doctors Series: Erasistratus (c. 304\u2013250 BCE) the Father of Physiology and Neuroscience","description":"\u2695\ufe0f\ud83e\udde0 Long before modern physiology, Erasistratus (c. 304\u2013250 BCE) was asking a revolutionary question: How does the body actually work? Working in Alexandria alongside Herophilus, he helped establish one of history\u2019s first great anatomy schools. He described heart valves, distinguished sensory from motor nerves, linked nerves to the brain, and recognized that the heart functions as a pump rather than the center of thought. Although some of his theories\u2014such as arteries carrying pneuma rather than blood\u2014proved incorrect, his commitment to observation and anatomical investigation helped lay the foundations of physiology and neuroscience. \ud83d\udd2c His story reminds us that scientific progress often begins not with having all the answers, but with asking better questions. \ud83c\udf0d\u2728 #Erasistratus #Physiology #Neuroscience #MedicalHistory #HistoryOfMedicine #MedicalEducation ","author_name":"Dr. RR Baliga's 'Podkast for the Kurious Doc'. Where Curiosity meets Clarity!","author_url":"http:\/\/www.MasterMedFacts.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41646850\/height\/300\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/202971945"}