Praxagoras

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
ancient Greek physician
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Cos
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Alexandria
gptkbp:era 4th century BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Praxagoras
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Herophilus
gptkb:Erasistratus
gptkbp:influencedBy Hippocrates
gptkbp:knownFor theory of pulse independent of the heart
work on the circulatory system
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:notableIdea distinction between arteries and veins
theory that arteries carry pneuma (vital air)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physician
gptkb:science_fiction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Herophilus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5