Olaus Rudbeck (1630-1702), a Swedish surgeon, shares with Jolyffe the honour of the discovery of the termination of the lymphatic vessels. He demonstrated them in the presence of Queen Christina, and traced them to the thoracic duct, and the latter to the subclavian vein.
Gerard Blaes (died 1662) made numerous discoveries in connection with the glands.
Antony Nuck (1650-1692) first injected the lymphatics with quicksilver, rectified various errors in the work of his predecessors, and by his own researches did much to complete the anatomy of the glands.
Paul Sarpi (1552-1623), of Venice, was a monk of whom La Courayer said, “Qu’il était Catholique en gros et quelque fois Protestant en détail.” He was the friend of Galileo, and, though he did not invent the telescope, was the first who made an accurate map of the moon. It is not true that he anticipated Harvey in his discovery of the circulation, though he was a great physiologist, and discovered the contractility of the iris.
Nathanael Highmore (1613-1685) was a physician and anatomist who is chiefly remembered for his description of the cavity in the superior maxillary bone which bears his name. It had, however, been previously described by Cassørius. He demonstrated the difference between the lacteals and the mesenteric veins.
George Wirsung (died 1643) was a prosector to Vesalius. He discovered the excretory duct of the pancreas.
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) was the first to suggest the injection of medicines into the veins.
Thorbern, a Danish peasant, about this time invented an instrument for amputating the elongated uvula.
Jan Swammerdam (1637-1686) was the first to prove that the queen bee was a female.
Thomas Millington (circ. 1676) pointed out the sexual organs of plants.