Snbe ^orlU'fi Inatomifits 



1720. The striae longitudinales of the 

 brain are called the nerves of Lancisi. 

 Laumonier, Jean Baptiste. — A French anat- 

 omist and surgeon, born 1749; died 1818. 

 The ganglion caroticum superioris is 

 known as Lanmonier's ganglion. In the 

 year 1781, at Rouen, this surgeon ac- 

 cidentally performed an ovariotomy 

 while performing another operation. It 

 is interesting to know that the same 

 " accident " had occurred to Robert 

 Houston, in Glasgow, in 1701. Dr. 

 McDowell, of Kentucky, first deliberate- 

 ly planned and executed the operation 

 in 1809. 



Lauth, Thomas. — A German anatomist, 

 born at Strassburg in 1758; died in 1826. 

 The transverse ligament of the atlas is 

 named after him. 



Leber, Theodore L, — A German anatomist 

 and ophthalmologist, born 1840. His 

 name is preserved in the plexus of 

 Leber, a small venous plexus situated 

 between the canal of Schlemm and the 

 spaces of Fontana. 



Leydig, Franz von. — A German anatomist, 

 born at Rothenburg in 1821. He was a 

 professor at Bonn. Leydig's duct, 

 named for this anatomist, is the same 

 as the Wolffian duct. (See Wolff.) 



Lieberkixhn, Johann Nathaniel. — A German 

 physician and naturalist, born in Berlin, 

 1711; died 1756 (Mayne) ; 1765 (Baas). 

 The simple follicles of the small intes- 

 tines are named for him, — crypts of 

 Lieberkiihn. He distinguished himself 

 as an artistic injector and microscopist, 

 inventing the solar microscope in 1738. 



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