Talk:Bartholin's gland

There's lots of medical Bartholins, you have Caspar the Elder (1585 - 1629), he's Caspar the Younger (1618 - 1670). No harm in being cautious, though. He may have been Danish, but his anatomical research was carried out in the Netherlands (like most other anatomical research of the time<G>). -- Someone else 01:37 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

Here's a quote from Encyclopedia Britannica:

Caspar Bartholin, Latin Bartholinus (1585 - 1629) Danish physician and theologian who wrote one of the most widely read Renaissance manuals of anatomy.

At the University of Padua (1608–10) Bartholin conducted anatomical studies under the famed Italian anatomist Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente. These formed the basis for his manual Anatomicae Institutiones Corporis Humani (1611; “Textbook of Human Anatomy”). A professor at the University of Copenhagen (1613–29), he was first to describe the olfactory nerve (associated with the sense of smell) as the first cranial nerve. He also identified the small lubricating gland—known as Bartholin's gland—located near the vaginal opening in female mammals.

In other articles, they say that this guy had two sons, Erasmus and Thomas (1616 - 1680, studied in the Netherlands), who were also scientists, but they don't mention another Caspar. http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/894 says that Thomas had a son Caspar (1655-1738) who was also anatomist.

I just found http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/byname/bartholin-gland-diseases.htm which agrees with your version.

AxelBoldt 19:21 Jan 12, 2003 (UTC)