Thomas Bartholin

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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 Rena Sabin

American anatomist

William Hewson

English physiologist

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

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist

William Harvey

English physician

Emanuel Swedenborg

Swedish philosopher

Galen

Greek physician

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Paolo Sarpi

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Andreas Vesalius

Belgian physician

Richard Owen

British anatomist and paleontologist

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

French naturalist

Albrecht von Haller

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Sir Gavin de Beer

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John Hunter

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Franciscus Sylvius

German physician

Matteo Colombo, oil painting by an unknown artist

Matteo Realdo Colombo

Italian physician

Gaspard Bauhin

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Ernst Heinrich Weber

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