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in London, where he subsequently 

 practiced as a physician. He was a 

 friend and ally of Glisson. 



Wilde, Sir William R. W.— An English 

 surgeon and specialist, born 1815 ; died 

 1876. Cords of Wilde is a name for 

 the transverse striae on the corpus cal- 

 losum. 



Wilder, Burt Green. — An American physio- 

 logist, born in Boston, August 11, 1841. 

 A number of fissures of the cerebrum, 

 described by this physiologist, are 

 named for him, — fissure of Wilder. Pro- 

 fessor of physiology at Cornell Univer- 

 sity. 



Willis, Thomas. — An English physician 

 and anatomist, born in Great Bedwin, 

 Wiltshire, in 1621 ; died 1675. He was 

 a man who rendered eminent service 

 to anatomy, and especially the anatomy 

 of the nervous system, and particularly 

 of the brain. He greatly advanced our 

 knowledge, of the blood vessels of the 

 brain, where the circle of Willis is 

 named after him. Originally destined 

 to theology, circumstances turned his 

 attention to medicine, and, on the 

 completion of his studies, he received 

 the professorship of natural philosophy 

 in the University of Oxford. He was a 

 successful practitioner of medicine for 

 many years in London. In 1674 he de- 

 termined the sweetness of diabetic 

 urine by the taste. He was extremely 

 methodical. 



Winslow, Jacob Benignus. — A Danish 

 anatomist, born at Odensee, on the Is- 



