Bartholin

Bartholin, or Bartholinus, Thomas, belonged to a Danish family distinguished in three generations for scientific attainments, and was born at Copenhagen in 1616. He studied medicine at Leyden, Paris, Montpellier, Padua, and Basel, and in 1648 was appointed Professor of Anatomy at Copenhagen. He devoted himself to researches as to the functions of the recently discovered lacteal and lymphatic vessels, till his health broke down in 1661. In 1670 a fire destroyed his house and library, upon which the king appointed him his physician; he was also made librarian of the university. He died in 1680.