Italian castles and country seats . Taken by Mrs. Batch, THE GREAT LECTURE DESKOF CEDAR In the Amphitheatre of the Univer-sity of B 0 I 0 g 71 a. Taken by Mrs. BatchrlUr THE AMPHITHEATREO F OF T HE OLD! O L O G N A UNIVERSITY AND COUNTRY SEATS Bologna, though his fame is due, principally, to the dis-covery of the transmission of the blood from the arteriesto the veins, described in his work De Pulmonibus(1661); indeed, various parts of the epidermis, spleen,and kidneys still bear his name. High up in a niche near the ceiling is the one monu-ment to woman in this place of learning, but the bust


Italian castles and country seats . Taken by Mrs. Batch, THE GREAT LECTURE DESKOF CEDAR In the Amphitheatre of the Univer-sity of B 0 I 0 g 71 a. Taken by Mrs. BatchrlUr THE AMPHITHEATREO F OF T HE OLD! O L O G N A UNIVERSITY AND COUNTRY SEATS Bologna, though his fame is due, principally, to the dis-covery of the transmission of the blood from the arteriesto the veins, described in his work De Pulmonibus(1661); indeed, various parts of the epidermis, spleen,and kidneys still bear his name. High up in a niche near the ceiling is the one monu-ment to woman in this place of learning, but the bustof Baveria Baveri, who taught medicine here in 1428,marks one of the most important beginnings of womanshigher education. To Bologna, women should sendtheir gratitude, for it was here that women first foundevery door of learning opened to them, every talentfostered and helped, and not only encouraged butappreciated. Women were given equal rank withmen in the university and occupied professorial the fourteenth century Professor Novella d Andrea,a woman of great beauty, lectured on mathematics,but so great were her personal attract


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