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A Greek natural philosopher interested in particular in [[medicine]] and [[physiology]].
A Greek natural philosopher, living c. 500 BCE, interested in particular in [[medicine]] and [[physiology]], credited by scholars as the first person to recognize the brain as the seat of intelligence and mind, whose ideas about the causes of disease prompted or anticipated those of Hippocrates.

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A definition or brief description of Alcmaeon of Croton.

A Greek natural philosopher, living c. 500 BCE, interested in particular in medicine and physiology, credited by scholars as the first person to recognize the brain as the seat of intelligence and mind, whose ideas about the causes of disease prompted or anticipated those of Hippocrates.