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Wagner, Johann W. — A German professor 

 of physiolog>% born 1800; died 1834. 

 The tactile corpuscles of Wagner, sit- 

 uated in the endings of sensory nerve 

 fibres in the papillae of the skin, and 

 considered by Wagner to be directly 

 concerned in the sense of touch, are 

 named for him. For some years 

 Rokitansky was his assistant. 



Waldeyer, Henry William Gottfried. — A 

 German physician, born 1836. A few 

 scattered rudimentary tubules, best seen 

 in the child, are situated in the broad 

 ligament between the parovarium and 

 the uterus, — the paroophoron of Wal- 

 deyer. 



Weber, Ernst Heinrich. — A German anat- 

 omist and physiologist, born 1821 ; died 

 1878. Weber's corpuscle, or the sinus 

 pocularis, is named for this anatomist. 



Weitbrecht, Josias. — A Russian anatomist, 

 born 1702; died 1747. Was a professor 

 in St. Petersburg, and author of a fa- 

 mous treatise on syndesmolog\'. The 

 interarticular fibrocartilage of the acro- 

 mio-clavicular articulation is named 

 cartilage of Weitbrecht, for this anat- 

 omist. Also the orbicular ligament of 

 the elbow- joint, as well as ligamentous 

 structures in other parts. 



Wharton, Thomas. — An English anatomist, 

 born 1610; died 1673 (Mayne) ; born 

 1614 (Foster). He was among the ear- 

 liest to devote attention to the general 

 theory of the glands, and discovered 

 the duct named after him, — Wharton's 

 duct. He pursued his medical studies 



