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Andersch, Carl Samuel. — A German 

 anatomist, born — ; died at Konigsberg 

 in 1777. Andersch's ganglion • is a 

 synonym of the petrous ganglion of the 

 glossopharyngeal nerve. He discovered 

 this ganglion, and distinguished the 9th, 

 loth, and nth cerebral nerves as dis- 

 tinct nerves. 



Arantius. — Same as Aranzio. 



Aranzio, Giulio Cesare. — (English, 

 Aranzi; Latin, Arantius.) — An Italian 

 anatomist, born at Bologna in 1530; 

 died in 1589. The tubercles of Arantius, 

 or corpora Arantii, are named after this 

 anatomist. He was professor of anat- 

 omy for thirty-two years in the uni- 

 versity at Bologna, and physician to 

 Pope Gregory XHI. 



Arnold, Friedrich.— A German anatomist, 

 born 1803; died 1890. Arnold's gang- 

 lion is a synonym for the otic ganglion. 



Aselli, Caspar. — An Italian anatomist, 

 born 1581 ; died 1626. His home was at 

 Cremona. In the year 1622, while pro- 

 fessor of anatomy at Pavia, he discov- 

 ered the lacteals, and wrote a book on 

 the subject. The cluster of lymphatic 

 glands lying in the mesentery is known 

 as the pancreas of Aselli, or lesser pan- 

 creas. These glands were mentioned 

 in his treatise. 



Bachmann — See Rivinus. 



Baer, Karl E. von.— A Russian physiolo- 

 gist, born 1792; died 1876. He was 

 professor in Dorpat, Petersburg, and 

 Konigsburg. He was famous as a 



