J\*otes to tntroductonj Lecture. 



natural liistorj, for which the Grand Duke of Florence once 

 offered liim 152000 florins, was sold for a very inconsiderable 

 sum. Trans. Moijal Soc. Lond. ^^ew Mrkl. vol. ±.p. 190. 



Swaramerdam first employed hot wax to inject into the 

 blood vessels. 



^^^ote 16. 

 Frederick Ruysch was born at theHagiie in 1638, studied 

 at Lejden, and settled at Amsterdam, on being appointed 

 professor of anatomy there. He formed a fine collection of 

 anatomical preparations, and curiosities in natural history, 

 which was purchased by Peter the Great, and sent to Peters- 

 burgh. He died in 1731, aged 91 years. Ruysch excelled in 

 the art of injecting the blood vessels, and in filling the ca- 

 pillary vessels. He also employed maceration and erosion. 

 He first discovered valves in the lymphatics, and contributed 

 largely to the progress of anatomical knowledge by his la- 

 bours. His works make four volumes quarto, enriched with 

 a great number of plates. 



JTote 17. 

 Rudbeck was born in Sweden in 1630, was professor of 

 physic in the university of XJpsal, and founder of the botanic 

 garden there. 



JSTote 18. 

 Thomas Bartholine was the son of Caspar Bartholine, (a 

 man of universal erudition,) he was at first made professor 

 of mathematics, at Copenhagen, but afterwards filled the 

 anatomical and medical chair in that university. In this si- 

 tuation he discovered the lymphatic vessels. He also traced 

 the course of the thoracic duct in the human subject, con- 

 firming and elucidating Pecquet's description thereof. His 

 anatomical and medical writings are very numerous. This 

 celebrated man died in 1680, aged 64 years. Philos. Trans, 

 abridged, vol. 1, p. 2i7. 



JN'ofe 19. 

 Marcellus Malphigi was born in the year 1628, near Bo- 

 logna, where he studied and graduated^ M. D. in 1653. Ife 



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