. Some apostles of physiology : being an account of their lives and labours, labours that have contributed to the advancement of the healing art as well as to the prevention of disease. in z UJ in. ( 31 ) 1661.) In a letter to his former teacher, Th. Bartholinus, on April22nd, 1661, he tells us :— A year ago I was received iu a friendly way by Blasius. At my request he allowedme to dissect, with my own hand, whatever I cared to buy. I was so fortunate that,on the first sheeps head which I bought and dissected alone in my own room, on April7th, to discover a canal or duct that, so far as I know
. Some apostles of physiology : being an account of their lives and labours, labours that have contributed to the advancement of the healing art as well as to the prevention of disease. in z UJ in. ( 31 ) 1661.) In a letter to his former teacher, Th. Bartholinus, on April22nd, 1661, he tells us :— A year ago I was received iu a friendly way by Blasius. At my request he allowedme to dissect, with my own hand, whatever I cared to buy. I was so fortunate that,on the first sheeps head which I bought and dissected alone in my own room, on April7th, to discover a canal or duct that, so far as I know, no anatomist has described. As Ireflected the skin, and was proceeding to dissect the brain, it occurred to me to dissectfirst of all the blood vessels that surround the mouth. In doing so, the point of myscalpel passed into a wide cavity, and I heard, on pushing on the steel, that it struckthe teeth. Astonished at this discovery, I called to Blasius to ask his opinion. He tookdown Whartons book to find the solution. He also found the duct in the dog. At that time no one knewhow saliva was formed. Some thought it came from the brain,others from the lymph, and some, again, from the papil
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