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about his claims to originality. Indeed, it is probable " he had no 

 title to originality of any kind." (R. Willis.) 



AMONGST the anatomists of the sixteenth century, after Vesalius, 

 BARTHOLINUS EUSTACHIUS, who was born at San 

 Severino, is, perhaps, the most distinguished. His name is still 

 preserved in anatomical story by the terms Eustachian tube and 

 Eustachian valve. His physiology was entirely Galenic. He was 

 Professor of Anatomy at Rome, where he died in 1574. The plates 

 of his work on anatomy were engraved in 1552, but Eustachius was 

 too poor to publish them. Indeed, they were only brought to light and 

 published by Jo. Maria Lancisius — who was Intimus Cubicularius, 

 Archiater Pontijicis to Pope Clement XL — under the title Tabulce 

 Anatomical, in 1714. The following woodcut is taken from this 

 work : — 



ANATOMICAL THEATRE FROM EUSTACHIUS. 



The plates themselves have an engraved scale at the sides. 

 J. Douglas, in his Bibliographicv Anatomical Specimen, &c, as usual, 

 in italics, brings out certain salient features. Eustachius saw the 

 thoracic duct in the horse, but did not recognise its importance. 



" Ductura thoracicum quern in venam, referre albam instructam ostiolo semicirculari 



intra venam jugulai-em internam hiante." 



" Valvulara orificio vense in corde coronalis prsepositam primus omnium observavit." 

 " Valvulam in vena cava prope cordis auriculam dextram ut suum inventum 



pnedicat [see Sylvius] eamque exactissime describit." 



GABRIEL FALLOPPIUS, born at Modena in 1523 (Douglas 

 gives 1490), died at Padua 1563, was called from Pisa to Padua 

 to occupy the Chair of Vesalius, but he held it only for two years. 

 He was prosector before Vesalius was appointed. He was a great 



