[10]. “COMMENTARIA IN HERM. BOERHAAVE APHORISMOS DE COGNOSCENDIS ET CURANDIS MORBIS,” Paris, 1755–1773, 5 vols. in quarto. There exist also English and French translations of these commentaries.
[11]. It has often been stated that Lorenz Gasser was the discoverer of the nodal swelling of the trigeminal nerve which bears the name of “Gasserian ganglion.” Hyrtl, however, declares that the credit for this discovery belongs to A. R. B. Hirsch, a Viennese anatomist, who named it in honor of his teacher, Lorenz Gasser, Professor of Anatomy in the University of Vienna.—A. H. B.
[12]. A solution of bichloride of mercury, 4; chloride of sodium and chloride of ammonium, each 1; water 500.
[13]. “Illustrissimo viro Lazaro Spallanzani summo naturae in minimis et difficilimis, indagatori, ob ejus in veri finibus extendendis, merita, D. D. D. Hallerus.”
[The letters D. D. D. are an abbreviation for “dat, donat, dedicat,” commonly employed in inscriptions.]
[14]. Those of 1775 and later years, printed by Grasset, of Lausanne, are considered the best.
[15]. At the period which is now under consideration Geneva belonged strictly to France. It was not until the year 1815 that it was incorporated with the Confederation of Swiss Cantons.
[16]. Some authorities state that William Scheele made the same discovery independently in 1775.
[17]. Published, in 1908, by John Lane, New York and London; and, for the reader’s further enlightenment, it should be stated that “Thomas William Coke of Holkam, Norfolk, England, was a famous country gentleman who lived from 1754 to 1842, becoming, late in life, the Earl of Leicester. He was known throughout the world of his time as a scientific and accomplished agriculturist. Owning great country estates he was a skillful sportsman, and as an influential member of Parliament sided with the Americans and against George III and his ministers in our Revolution.”
[18]. The title of this memoir is: “TRAITÉ DES MEMBRANES EN GÉNÉRAL ET DES DIVERSES MEMBRANES EN PARTICULIER,” Paris, 1800.