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Rudbeck, Otof, Sr — Swedish scientist and 

 polyhistor. Born at Vesteras, Sweden, 

 Sept. 30, 1630; died Dec. 12, 1702. He 

 studied natural science at the Univer- 

 sity of Upsala, where he became a 

 professor in the Faculty of Medicine. 

 At the age of 22, Rudbeck discovered 

 the general lymphatics. The results of 

 his investigations which w^ere laid down 

 in his "Nova exercitatio anaiomica" 

 (1653), gained for him European re- 

 nowni. In addition to investigations in 

 several branches of science, he devoted 

 himself to the study of archaeology and 

 literature, both classical and Scandina- 

 vian, publishing several sagas and 

 Swedish provincial laws (1679). 



Retzius, Anders Adolf. — Born at Lund, 

 Sweden, Oct. 13, 1796, where his father, 

 Anders Jahan Retzius, was professor 

 of botany ; died in Stockholm, April t8, 

 i860. A Swedish anatomist. He was 

 professor of anatomy and physiology in 

 the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Institute, 

 Stockholm. For him are named liga- 

 mentum Retzii (the fundiform liga- 

 ment), spatium Retzii (the preperitoneal 

 space), and striae parallelae Retzii of the 

 enamel of the teeth. 



Retzius, Magnus Gustaf — Son of Anders 

 Adolf Retzius. Born in Stockholm, 

 Oct. 27, 1842. A Swedish histologist. 



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