Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 518

THOMAS BARTHOLIN (1616-1680) Opuscula nova anatomica, de lacteis thoracicis et lymphaticis vasis. (Prostant[que] Amstelodami apud Joh. Blaeu), Sumtib. Danielis Paulli 1670 [16] 726 [2] pp., front., 3 fold. plates. 16 cm.

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Bartholin's classic treatises on the lymphatics are two of the works reprinted in this collected edition. Bartholin first reported his discovery of the thoracic duct in De lacteis thoracicis in homine brutisque in 1652. Only a year later in Vasa lymphatica, he presented his view that the lymphatic system has a physiological significance that had not been previously recognized and is an anatomically separate system. Although Olof Rudbeck (1630-1702) claimed priority in these matters, it was Bartholin who was the first to recognize the physiological importance of the lymphatic system. The volume also contains several of Bartholin's anatomical observations as well as a number of tracts in which he defends his views, while criticizing those of such individuals as Riolan (see No. 450), Pecquet (see No. 543), and Glisson (see No. 472).

See Related Record(s): 517 450 543 472

Cited references: Waller 742

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