# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herophilos
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:41:28.432Z

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description: "A Greek physician who cut open human bodies when no one else would — and turned rumor into blueprint. His nine books are gone, but anatomy as a science starts with his blade."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Chalcedon in 335 BC, Herophilos moved to Alexandria and became the first to systematically dissect human cadavers for science. He recorded what he found across more than nine works, all now lost to history. Tertullian, an early Christian writer, claimed Herophilos vivisected at least 600 prisoners — a charge many historians dispute. What remains undisputed: he opened the field. He died around 280 BC, often called the father of anatomy.