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Also Known As Thomas Bartholinus
Born October 20, 1616 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died December 4, 1680 (aged 64) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Subjects Of Study lymphatic system

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Florence Sabin, c. 1915.
Florence Rena Sabin
American anatomist
William Hewson
English physiologist
Steno, Nicolaus
Nicolaus Steno
Danish geologist
Caspar Bartholin, detail of a lithograph by Baerentzen after a contemporary portrait by an unknown artist, 1615
Caspar Berthelsen Bartholin
Danish physician and theologian
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
William Harvey
William Harvey
English physician
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedish philosopher
Galen of Pergamum
Galen
Greek physician
Sarpi, detail of a portrait (the black spot on his face covers the scar from an unsuccessful attempt on his life in 1607); in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Eng.
Paolo Sarpi
Italian theologian
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius
Belgian physician
Sir Richard Owen, detail of an oil painting by H.W. Pickersgill, 1845; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Owen
British anatomist and paleontologist
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Albrecht von Haller, detail of an engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after a portrait by Sigmund Freudenberger
Albrecht von Haller
Swiss biologist
Sir Gavin de Beer
British zoologist
John Hunter, detail of an oil painting by J. Jackson after Sir Joshua Reynolds; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Hunter
British surgeon
Franciscus Sylvius
Franciscus Sylvius
German physician
Matteo Colombo, oil painting by an unknown artist
Matteo Realdo Colombo
Italian physician
Gaspard Bauhin
Gaspard Bauhin
Swiss physician and botanist
Weber, Ernst Heinrich
Ernst Heinrich Weber
German physiologist
Rokitansky, detail of an engraving
Karl, baron von Rokitansky
Austrian pathologist