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named for him. He was director of the 

 Physiological Institute of Kiel. 



Herbst, Ernst Friedrich Gustav. — A Ger- 

 man anatomist, born at Gottingen, — ; 

 died — . The corpuscles of Herbst 

 in nerve endings are named for him. 



Herophilus. — A physician of Chalcedon, 

 born about 335 B. C.; died 280 B. C. 

 He first described the four sinuses of 

 the dura mater which meet opposite the 

 tuberosity of the occipital bone. The 

 columns of blood coming in different 

 directions were supposed to be pressed 

 together at this point and named torcu- 

 lar (a wine-press) Herophili. He was 

 one of the earliest dissectors of human 

 corpses, and it is said that he even in- 

 vaded the living bodies of convicts. He 

 was a pupil of Praxagoras of Cos. 



Hesselbach, Franz Kaspar. — A German 

 surgeon, born in Hammelburg in 1759; 

 died at Wiirzburg in 1816. Hesselbach's 

 ligament, and also Hesselbach's triangle 

 are named for him. He was Siebold's 

 colleague in the chair of anatomy, 

 though he wrote on surgical subjects, 

 particularly inguinal hernia. 



Hey, William — An English surgeon, born 

 at Pudsey, near Leeds, in 1736; died in 

 1819. The fibres of the upper horn 

 of the falciform border of the saphe- 

 nous opening in the fascia lata, which 

 are attached to Gimbernat's ligament, 

 are known as Hey's ligament. Hey's 

 amputation of the foot, and also the saw 

 known as Hey's saw, are named for this 

 surgeon. A memoir of Mr. Hey has 



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