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on the circulation; a follower of 

 Harvey; Harveian doctrines esta- 

 blished in Holland through the 

 advocacy of, 148; what Stensen 

 says of Sylvius, 149; his idea of 

 fermentation, 150 ; of bile, 157, 

 158 ; on the secretion of urine, 159 ; 

 his view of the spleen, 160; Sylvius 

 contrasted with Borelli, 160, 161; 

 Specimen Beccherianum of, 168; on 

 respiration, 186 

 Sylvius, Jacobus, teaches anatomy at 

 Paris ; succeeds Vidus Vidius at 

 the College of France ; ' fissure ' 

 of ; a strict Galenist ; influence of, 

 5 ; his teaching overturned by 

 Vesalius, 6 



Tadinus, Alexander, 49 

 Thoracic duct, 50, 51 

 Tiepolo, Venetian ambassador, 18, 19 

 Torricellian vacuum, 178 

 Transfusion, experiments on, 181,182 

 Trithemius, Bishop, the teacher of 

 Paracelsus, 124, 125 



Urine, Borelli on the secretion of, 82 ; 

 F. Sylvius on the secretion of, 159 



Valentine, Basil, the Currm trium- 

 phalis antimonii of, 124 ; the three 



'elements 'of, 125, 127 

 Vasa aquosa and serosa, 51 

 Vein-like artery, 13, 23, 28, 33, 38, 



43, 59, 96, 175 

 Veins, valves of the, observed by 



Cannanus, 36 

 Vena cava, 43, 44, 45, 47 

 Vena porta, 48 

 Vesalius, Andreas, Fabrica humani 



corporis of, published, 3 ; birth ; 



studies at Louvain ; at Paris 



under Sylvius, 6; a pupil of 



Guinterius; back at Louvain, 7 ; 



translates the ninth book of Rhazes 



and goes to Venice, 8 ; honours 

 and teaching at Padua, 9, 10; 

 publication of ' Structure of the 

 human body ' ; Anatomical tables ; 

 editions of Guinterius and Galen ; 

 treatise on blood letting, 10 ; leaves 

 Padua ; reviled by Sylvius and 

 others during his absence ; return 

 to Padua, 15 ; discouraged by op- 

 position, 16 ; burns all his mss. ; 

 accepts the post of Court Physician 

 to Charles V., 16; afterwards to 

 Philip II., 17; marriage, 16; 'Ex- 

 amen ' of the anatomical observa- 

 tions of Falloppius, 18; decides 

 on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem ; 

 death at Zante ; his influence on 

 science, 19 ; the forerunner of 

 Harvey, 20 ; his work a necessary 

 preparation for Harvey's labours, 

 55 ; views of, on the nervous system, 

 255-257; on vivisection, 257, 258; 

 on the brain, 258, 259 ; the chief 

 soul, 259 



Vidius, Vidus, at the College of France, 

 5 



Vieussens, on fermentation, 150-152 



Vis insita of Haller, 292, 293 



Vital principle, 220 



Walpole, Horace, 231 



Wedel, on the archeeus, 167 



Wesalius, v. Vesalius 



Wharton, Thomas, on glands, 105 



Willis, Thomas, birth and educa- 

 tion ; made Sedleian Professor at 

 Oxford, 269 ; on the structure and 

 functions of the brain, 270-279 ; 

 criticized by Mayow and Stensen, 

 279, 280 ; on muscular contraction, 

 285, 286 



Wirsung, J. G. , discovery of the duct of 

 the pancreas by ; tragic death of, 104 



Witing, original name of the family 

 of Vesalius, 6 



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