Alcmaeon of Croton

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
Ancient Greek physician
gptkbp:activePeriod 5th century BCE
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Croton
gptkbp:contributedTo early neuroscience
theory that the brain is the seat of intelligence
understanding of sense perception
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alcmaeon of Croton
gptkbp:influenced Hippocrates
later Greek medicine
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Pythagoreanism
gptkbp:knownFor anatomical dissections
early work in medicine
studies of the brain
theory of opposites
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:notableIdea disease as imbalance
health as balance of opposites
gptkbp:performedAt animal dissections
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Eustachian_tubes
gptkb:optic_nerves
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pythagoras
gptkb:Pythagoreanism
gptkb:bone
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5