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Observationes Anatomicae

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Observationes Anatomicae

By Nicolas Steno


The extraordinary episode of Blaes’ duplicitous attempt to claim discovery of the excretory duct of the parotid gland is described evocatively in Alan Cutler’s ‘The Seashell on the Mountaintop,’ together with a testament to the importance and quality of Steno’s ‘Obsevationes Anatomicae 

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Early Modern17th CenturyMedicineAnatomySurgeryScientific RevolutionDuctsGlandsStenoStensenSteensenStenoniusStenonisBlaes


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