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Rufus of Ephesus
Rufus of Ephesus
c. 45 CE–c. 105 CE · Ephesus
Rufus of Ephesus (active around the late 1st century CE) was a Greek physician whose surviving and fragmentary works cover anatomy, the naming of body parts, the pulse, kidney and bladder diseases, and other medical topics. He was respected by later medical authorities, including Galen, and several of his writings were preserved through Arabic translations.
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A great Ionian city crowned by the Temple of Artemis—one of the Seven Wonders—and home to the enigmatic Heraclitus, who taught that all things flow and that strife is the father of all.
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