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rei novitatem, Hospitcm voco, sententiam ejus cmditurus ; qui, 

 cum primo vim, mox ludentem naturatn accusasset, tandein 

 Whartonum accuratius examinandmn judicabat. 



Stenon's claim to the discovery was not unchallenged. 

 Bartholin says that Blasius himself was the finder (JEjnst. Cent 

 iii. No. 46, 1677); and Hoboken confirms him (Ductus Salivalis 

 Blasianiis in lucem protradus, Utrecht, 1662, p. 12). Our 

 fellow-countryman, Needham, also claims to have known it, and 

 to have demonstrated it to Willis, Millington, Boyle, Lower, 

 and others thirteen years before Stenon's publication [de 

 Formato Foetu, 1667, p. 97). It is singular that the duct was 

 not found earlier, more especially as Fabricius ab Aquapendente 

 had long before noted that in cases of wounds near the ear 

 there often issued from a small hole tanta copia limjndce aquae. 

 (Appendix to 2nd Book. Ed. Patav, 1647, p. 19S.) 



Sylvius (Deleboe) and subsequent authors accepted Stenon's 

 statement, and the duct has from that time been called by his 

 name. All subsequent authors recognise the salivary function 

 of the gland. 



A. M. 



