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the several anatomical names, fissure, 

 tubercle, and funiculus of Rolando. 



Rosenmiiller, Johannes Christianas. — A 

 German anatomist, born 1771 ; died 1820. 

 His name is perpetuated in the palpebral 

 portion of the lachrymal gland, the 

 parovarium, and also the depression on 

 the lateral wall of the naso-pharynx be- 

 hind the pharyngeal orifice of the 

 Eustachian tube. He was a professor 

 at Leipsic. 



Ruysch, Friedrich. — A Dutch anatomist, 

 born 1638; died 1731. His name is pre- 

 served in the tunica Ruyschiana of the 

 eye, as well as in other structures. He 

 was a professor at Amsterdam. He was 

 the inventor of minute injections, in 

 which he became very skillful. He 

 formed an anatomical collection which 

 Peter the Great bought at an expense 

 of $75,000, and transported to Russia. 

 He was then 79 years old, but he went 

 to work and created a second collection. 

 His son, who was his assistant, died, 

 and then his daughter, Rachel, who 

 was a painter of flowers, took up the 

 work and helped her father. His second 

 museum sold for $50,000. He died at 

 the age of 93 years. 



Ryff, Walther Hermann. — A German sur- 

 geon of Strassburg, about the middle 

 of the sixteenth century. In 1541 he 

 wrote the first work on anatomy in the 

 German language. He also wrote on 

 surgery in 1559, in which he mentions 

 the ligation of arteries with a silk 

 thread, — in the arm above, in the neck 

 below, the wound. 



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