Nicolaus Steno: Biography and Original Papers of a 17th Century Scientist

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxviii
Steno’s Scientific Life in a Nutshell (1638–1677)....Pages 1-2
Steno as Bishop (1677–1686): Summary of “Gustav Scherz, Niels Stensen, Vol. 2” [not included in this book]....Pages 3-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
1 Childhood and Youth in Copenhagen 1638-1659....Pages 7-59
2 Years of Discovery in Holland 1660-1664....Pages 61-114
3 In Paris and France 1664-1665....Pages 115-140
4 The First Year in Italy....Pages 141-172
5 Researcher and Convert in Italy 1667....Pages 173-202
6 The Geological Dissertation the Prodromus on a Solid within a Solid in Italy 1668....Pages 203-233
7 The Great Travel 1668-1670....Pages 235-253
8 Under Cosimo III In Florence....Pages 255-285
9 The Two Years in Copenhagen 1672-1674....Pages 287-323
10 Educator and Priest in Florence 1675-1677....Pages 325-344
Front Matter....Pages 345-351
I On the First Discovery of an External Salivary Duct and on the Experiments of Bils....Pages 353-357
II On the Glands, of the Mouth and the New Salivary Ducts Proceeding from Them....Pages 359-389
III Various New Observations in the Eyes and Nose, Etc.....Pages 391-393
IV Response to Vindications for Rehabilitation of the Liver....Pages 395-405
V Anatomical Observations on the Glands of the Eyes....Pages 407-416
VI On Vessels of the Nose....Pages 417-420
VII Origin of Sweat From Glands. On the Insertion and Valvula of the Thoracic Duct and of the Lymphatics....Pages 421-423
VIII Why Tobacco Powder Makes the Eyes Clearer. Observation on a Milky Gelatin....Pages 425-428
Front Matter....Pages 345-351
IX Anatomical Observations in Birds and Rabbits....Pages 429-433
X Observations Concerning Movement of the Heart, the Auricles and Vena Cava, Extracted from Dissections of Various Animals Carried out Here and There....Pages 435-439
XI Vesicles in the Lung. Anatomy of a Pregnant Rabbit. Experiments in Lungs. The Milky Vessels of the Udders. Observations in a Swan, Etc.....Pages 441-445
XII Diversity of Lymphatic Ducts....Pages 446-448
XIII Prologue of an Apologia in Which it is Demonstrated that the Blaesian Judge is Ignorant in Anatomy and a Slave of his Sympathies....Pages 449-457
XIV New Structure of Muscles and Heart....Pages 459-462
XV Specimen of Observation on Muscles and Glands....Pages 463-485
XVI A Letter on the Anatomy of the Ray....Pages 487-497
XVII On the Passage of Yolk into the Intestines of the Chick....Pages 499-505
XVIII The Discourse on the Anatomy of the Brain....Pages 507-527
XIX Observations on Egg and Chick....Pages 529-536
XX Dissection of an Embryo Monster for Parisians....Pages 537-539
XXI The Uterus of a Hare Dissolving its Own Foetus....Pages 541-543
XXII Specimen of Elements of Myology....Pages 545-569
XXIII A Carcharodon-Head Dissected....Pages 571-595
XXIV Description of the Dissection of a Dogfish....Pages 597-602
XXV Anatomical Observations Concerning the Eggs of Viviparous Animals....Pages 603-609
XXVI Observations Concerning the Eggs of Viviparous Animals....Pages 611-620
XVII The Prodromus to a Dissertation on a Solid Naturally Contained Within a Solid....Pages 621-660
XXVIII On a Calf with Hydrocephalus....Pages 661-669
Front Matter....Pages 345-351
XXIX Letter to the Grand Duke Cosimo III on the Grotto Above Gresta....Pages 671-672
XXX Letter to the Grand Duke Cosimo III on the Grottos Above Moncodeno....Pages 673-677
XXXI Preface to Anatomical Demonstrations in the Copenhagen Theater in the Year 1673....Pages 679-684
XXXII Description of the Muscles of an Eagle....Pages 685-701
XXXIII Circular Course of the Blood Made Clearer Through Separation of the Ventricles of the Heart....Pages 703-705
Back Matter....Pages 707-739