Ct)e Wtivi'n'6 Inatomifitfi 



Lieutaud, Joseph. — A French anatomist, 

 born at Aix in 1703 ; died in Paris, 

 1780. He was professor at Aix until 

 he became, in 1749, physician to the 

 royal children, and, in 1774, ordinary 

 physician to Louis XVI. He was an 

 extensive author. His name has been 

 preserved in the uvula of Lieutaud, — a 

 longitudinal median ridge in the trigone 

 of the bladder. 



Littre, Alexis. — A French surgeon, born 

 at Cordes in 1658; died at Paris in 1726 

 (Mayne) ; 1725 (Baas). The glands of 

 Littre in the mucous membrane of the 

 urethra are named for him. He devised 

 in 1710 a method for establishing an 

 artificial anus, which method has since 

 borne his name. 



Lbwenberg, Benjamin Benno — A German 

 surgeon, born at Sonnenburg, 1836. He 

 eventually became an aural surgeon in 

 Paris. That portion of the cochlear 

 canal situated above the membrane of 

 Corti is termed the canal of Lowenberg. 



Lower, Richard — An English physician, 

 born at Trenmore, in Cornwall, in 1631 ; 

 died in London, 1691. His name is pre- 

 served in the tuberculum Loweri of the 

 heart. Foster believes that Willis' fame 

 in a large measure rested on Lower's 

 careful, unacknowledged work. He 

 was the instructor of Willis. 



Ludwig, Daniel (Latin) Ludovicus. — A 

 German physician, born at Weimar in. 

 1625; died in 1680. He was ordinaryj 

 physician to the duke of Gotha. Hel 

 was styled " the immortal reformer ofj 



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