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meatus urinarius of the female is 

 named for him, — Skene's glands. Was 

 an author of several gynecological 

 works, and a professor in the Long Is- 

 land College Hospital, of Brooklyn, New 

 York. 



Soemmering, Samuel Thomas von. — A Ger- 

 man physician, born at Thorn, in 1755 ; 

 died at Frankfort, in 1830. He is best 

 known as the discoverer of the yellow 

 spot, or macula lutea of Soemmering, on 

 the retina. 



Spiegel, Adrian van der. — A Belgian phy- 

 sician, born 1578; died 1625. Also writ- 

 ten Spigelius, and Van Spieghel. The 

 lobus Spigelii, of the liver, will always 

 perpetuate his name. 



Stensen, Nicolas; (Lo/m), Steno Nicolaus. — 

 A Danish physician, born at Copenhagen, 

 1636 (Mayne) ; Jan. 10, 1638 (Foster) ; 

 died 1686. His name is associated with 

 the duct of the parotid gland, — Stensen's 

 duct. One day, when he was engaged 

 in dissecting the head of a sheep and 

 examining the parotid gland, the style 

 which he was using slipped easily down 

 and struck with a sharp clink against 

 the teeth ; he recognized that he had dis- 

 covered the duct of the gland. Awak- 

 ened by religious thoughts, he abandoned 

 medicine, and became a priest, and even- 

 tually a Catholic bishop. 



Stilling, Benedict. — A German physician, 

 born 1810; died 1879. His name is 

 preserved in the canal of Stilling in 

 the eye. 



Sylvius, Franciscus ( Latin for Francois) 

 De le Eoe (or Dubois). — A German 



