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Aristotle (384-322 BC): philosopher and scientist of ancient Greece.

Dunn PM

Department of Child Health, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5BN, UK. P.M.Dunn@bristol.ac.uk

Aristotle's studies encompassed the entire world of living things. Many of his descriptions and classifications remain sound today. Although not a physician, he exerted a profound influence on medicine for the next 2000 years.

Published 22 December 2005 in Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 91(1): F75-7.
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