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Alcmaeon
[ alk-mee-uhn ]
noun
- a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies.
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Alcmaeon, the head, for that is the commanding and the principal part of the body.
The first Greek anatomist, however, who is recognized as such, is said to have been Alcmaeon.
Alcmaeon believes that the principal part of the soul, residing in the brain, draws to itself odors by respiration.
Alcmaeon says that a moist warmth in the tongue, joined with the softness of it, gives the difference of taste.
One member of the Crotonian school, Alcmaeon, achieved great distinction in both anatomy and physiology.
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