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- ↑ Heinrich von Staden's page at the Institute for Advanced Study
- ↑ James Longrigg (1990). Review of Heinrich von Staden's 'Herophilus: the Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria', The Classical Review (New Series), 40, pp 238-240. doi:10.1017/S0009840X00253444.
- ↑ Reviews of Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria, Cambridge University Press 2016
- ↑ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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