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out Bartholin's knowing about it. For 

 this subject see Gosch, Udsigt over 

 Danmarks zoologiske Literatur, vol. II 

 1. Kjebenhavn 1872. pp.87-131, where 

 the controversy into which Bartholin 

 was led by his discovery, is fully diss 

 cussed. A complete list of Bartholin's 

 writings will be found in Gosch, vol. 

 III. Kjobenhavn 1878. pp. 13-61. See, 

 besides, Dansk hiografisk Lexikon, vol. 

 I. p. 564. (Jul. Petersen.) 



P. 3. 1. 2 from bottom. 



fimilis omnino ductus] Ductus 

 Whartonianus. See Adenographia . . . 

 Authore Thoma Whartono. Londini 

 1656. c. XXI p. 129. 



P. 3. 1. 1 from bottom. 



a Cafferio] Ivlii Casserii . . . De 

 Vocis Avditvsq; Organis Historia Ana- 

 tomica . . . Ferrariae 1600. tab. V p. 

 27. d. 



P. 3. 1. 1 from bottom and p. 4. 1. 1. from 



top. 



ex tuis . . . Inftitutionibus] Tho= 

 ma? Bartholini . . . Anatomia . . . Refor- 

 mata . . . Lugd. Batav. 1651. lib. Ill c. 

 XI p. 362. 



P. 4. 1. 4-5 from top. 



a Clariffimo Sylvio] Frans de la 

 Boe Sylvius, born in Hanau, studied at 

 German universities. Having taken his 

 degree at Basle in 1637 he returned to 

 Hanau, where he lived as a medical 

 practitioner, continuing his scientific stu« 

 dies at the same time; in 1638, how* 

 ever, he was entered at the University 

 of Leyden as a medical student. For 

 some time he was a physician in Am< 

 sterdam, where he made the acquaint' 

 ance of Descartes, and in 1658 he be* 



came professor of Medicina Practica in 

 Leyden. He died in 1672 and is espe* 

 cially renowned for his investigations 

 of the brain (fossa Sylvii), of the glands 

 (the classification into glanduls conglo= 

 hats and conglomerate), and of phy* 

 siological chemistry. See Biogr. Woor- 

 denboek der Nederlanden. vol. XVII 

 p. 1 142, the Introduction to the present 

 Edition and note to [II] p. 20. 



P. 4. 1. 5 from top. 



a ... Dno. van Home] Joan van 

 Home, born at Amsterdam in 1621, 

 studied at the University of Utrecht, 

 travelled in Switzerland and Italy, and 

 was afterwards made Doctor in Basle; 

 having stayed for some time in France 

 he eventually became Professor at the 

 University of Leyden. He died in 1671. 

 He made the discovery of the thoracic 

 duct independently of Pecquet (Novus 

 ductus chyliferus nunc primum deline= 

 atus. Lugd. Batav. 1652.). See the In* 

 troduction and Biogr. Woordenboek 

 der Nederlanden. vol. VIII p. 1269. 



P. 4. 1. 5—6 from top. 



exhibitus publico ductus ille fu* 

 erat] Compare two letters from Ole 

 Borch to Thomas Bartholin, dated Ley* 

 den March 3, and March 20, 1661, 

 found in Epist. Medicin. Cent. III. Haf* 

 niae 1667. No. LXXXV pp. 362-63 

 and No. LXXXVII p. 376. 



P. 4. 1. 7 from top. 



Gerard. Blafius] Gerard Blaes was 

 the son of Leonard Blaes, the Dutch ar* 

 chitectto King Christian IV oi Denmark. 

 He studied medicine in Copenhagen and 

 Leyden and was made Doctor at the lat* 

 ter place. By the time of Steno's arrival 

 in Amsterdam he was physician at the 



