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  Caspar Bartholin der Jüngere
Der Artikel Caspar Bartholin der Jüngere gehört zur Kategorie: Anatom, Däne, Geboren 1655, Gestorben 1738, Mann
Caspar Bartholin begann 1671 sein Medizinstudium und wurde bereits 1674, als 19-jähriger, von König Christian IV.
In seinem späterem Leben begann Caspar Bartholin, sich für Politik zu interessieren.
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  Caspar Bartholin
Caspar Bartholin (or Berthelsen), alternatively Bartholinus (Latin) was the name of two leading figures in the history of the science of human anatomy -- grandfather and grandson.
Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585-1629) was born at Malmo in Sweden and was a polymath, finally accepting a professorship in medicine at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1613.
His son, Thomas Bartholin[?], was also a physician, and was the father of Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655-1738).
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Caspar_Bartholin.html   (149 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Thomas Bartholin
Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Thomas Bartholin's father; his brother Rasmus Bartholin; and his son Caspar Bartholin the Younger, all contributed in crucial ways to the practice of modern medicine through their discoveries of important anatomical structures and phenomena.
Bartholin the Elder started his tenure as professor at Copenhagen University in 1613, and over the next 125 years, the scientific accomplishments of the Bartholin while serving on the medical faculty of the University of Copenhagen won international acclaim and contributed to the reputation of the institution.
Thomas Bartholin was the second of the six sons of Caspar Bartholin the Elder, a physician born in Malmö, Scania and his spouse Anne Fincke.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Thomas_Bartholin   (703 words)

  
 Bartholin biography
Erasmus Bartholin's father was Caspar Berthelsen Bartholin and his mother was Anna Fincke, daughter of the mathematician Thomas Fincke.
Bartholin wrote a large number of mathematical works but he is best remembered for his discovery of the double refraction of light through a crystal of Iceland spar which had been gathered in an expedition to Iceland in 1668.
Bartholin is also famed for his medical work, in particular his introduction of quinine in the fight against malaria.
www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /history/Biographies/Bartholin.html   (795 words)

  
 Bartholin biography
Caspar Bartholin was a Danish physician and theologian who wrote one of the most widely read Renaissance manuals of anatomy.
Bartholin wrote a large number of mathematical works but he is best remembered for his discovery of the double refraction of light through a crystal of Iceland spar which had been gathered in an expedition to Iceland in 1668.
Bartholin's explanation was based on Descartes' theory of light along with his idea that there were two sets of "pores" in the crystal.
www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk /Biographies/Bartholin.html   (795 words)

  
 Bartholin - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bartholin, Caspar (1585-1629), Danish physician and professor of anatomy, born in Malmö, Sweden.
Bartholin, Thomas (1616-1680), Danish professor and physician, son of Danish physician Caspar Bartholin.
Bartholin's abscess is the build-up of pus that forms a lump in one of the...
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 Caspar Wessel - Norges første matematiker / Nr. 2/2000 / Redaksjonsarkiv / Innhold / Fagbladet / NIFU STEP
Caspar Wessel - Norges første matematiker / Nr.
Caspar Wessel deltok i oppmålingene, om vinteren kontrollberegnet han målingene og tegnet sammen resultatene fra alle landmålerne.
I dag finnes det en plakett i Slottsparken i Oldenburg til minne om landmåleren Caspar Wessel.
fagbladet.nifustep.no /fagbladet/innhold/redaksjonsarkiv/nr_2_2000/caspar_wessel_norges_f_rste_matematiker   (1183 words)

  
 Caspar Bartholin the Younger (secundus) (www.whonamedit.com)
His grandfather, Caspar Berthelsen Bartholin (1585-1677), also known as Jesper Bertelsen, Casparus Bartholinus or Bartholinus Malmogiensis, was the son of Bertel Jespersen, a vicar in Malmö, then a part of Denmark, now in Sweden.
Caspar Bartholin began his medical studies in 1671, and already in 1674, aged 19, he was appointed professor of philosophy by the King, Christian IV.
Caspar Bartholin was accused of doing more to further his own interests and that of his family, than he did for the university and the study of medicine.
www.whonamedit.com /doctor.cfm/2756.html   (529 words)

  
 The Galileo Project
After 1610 Bartholin had Holger Rosenkranz (a powerful and influential orthodox theologian who was a member of the royal council, and whom I classify as a governmental official) as patron.
Bartholin worked as a physician in Copenhagen, treating the king, members of the nobility, and others.
Ole Peter Grell, "Caspar Bartholin and the Education of the Pious Physician," in Ole Peter Grell and Andrew Cunningham, eds.
galileo.rice.edu /Catalog/NewFiles/bartolin_cas.html   (346 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Caspar   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the early 17th century, Caspar Lehmann, gem cutter to Rudolf II in Prague, perfected the technique of gem engraving on glass.
Either of a pair of exocrine glands in a woman's vagina that secrete a lubricating mucus when she is sexually aroused.[Named by its discoverer, the Danish anatomist Caspar Bartholin (1655–1738), in honour of his father, Thomas]...
Caspar, the camel who fell for his keeper.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Caspar&StartAt=11   (733 words)

  
 Gaspard, Thomas et Gaspard junior BARTHOLIN
Thomas Bartholin continua intensément ses études anatomiques, pratiquant de nombreuses dissections humaines.
En 1654, Bartholin fut nommé doyen du collège des médecins et renonça à l'enseignement en 1661 avec le titre de Professeur Honoraire.
Bartholin a fait plus pour les progrès des mathématiques que pour ceux de la médecine; il a découvert entre autres le spath d'Islande biréfringent (calcite) et publié à ce sujet.
www.medarus.org /Medecins/MedecinsTextes/bartholin.htm   (1446 words)

  
 Caspar Bartholin - Definition, explanation
Caspar Bartholin (or Berthelsen), alternatively Bartholinus (Latin) was the name of two leading figures in the history of the science of human anatomy -- grandfather and grandson.
Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585-1629) was born at Malmö, Denmark (now Sweden) and was a polymath, finally accepting a professorship in medicine at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1613.
He was born in Copenhagen, and was first to describe the workings of the greater vestibular glands (which came to be known as "Bartholin's glands") and the larger salivatory duct of the sublingual gland ("Bartholin's duct").
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/ca/caspar_bartholin.php   (211 words)

  
 Bartholin's cyst - Patient UK
Bartholin's glands are a pair of glands, about the size of a pea, whose secretions maintain the moisture of the vestibular surface of the vagina.
A Bartholin's cyst or abscess can be very painful and the diagnosis may be suggested when the patient walks into the consulting room with a gait that is reminiscent of John Wayne.
Brook I; Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of Bartholin's abscess.;Surg Gynecol Obstet.
www.patient.co.uk /showdoc/40001763   (1721 words)

  
 eMedicine - Bartholin Gland Diseases : Article by Howard A Blumstein, MD, FAAEM
Background: Bartholin glands were first described by Caspar Bartholin, a Dutch anatomist, in 1677.
In general, risk for Bartholin gland disease is similar to that for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Aghajanian A, Bernstein L, Grimes DA: Bartholin's duct abscess and cyst: a case-control study.
www.emedicine.com /emerg/topic54.htm   (1787 words)

  
 Bartholin's Abscess
The Bartholin glands were first described by Caspar Bartholin, a Dutch anatomist, in 1677.
Bartholin gland duct abscesses rarely occur in someone older than 40, and if it does, then this should raise a red flag about the possibility of a cancer as a cause for the duct blockage.
Lastly, it may be necessary to completely excise the Bartholin gland and it's duct, if there is a suspicion of cancer.
www.damery.net /barth_abscess.htm   (548 words)

  
 Familien Bartholin   (Site not responding. Last check: )
De var begge sønner af Caspar Bartholin den Ældre, der var dansk læge og teolog og levede fra 1585 til 1629.
Blandt dem er hans sønner Rasmus Bartholin og Thomas Bartholin den ældre samt sidstnævntes søn Caspar Bartholin den Yngre.
Caspar Bartholin den Yngre var som sin far dansk anatom og læge og opdagede i 1738 (samme å som han døde.
www104.thinkquest.dk /historie/his_roem_barth.htm   (196 words)

  
 Denmark - Conditions of Life - Research
Caspar Bartholin was known over all Europe for his anatomical textbook; his son Thomas Bartholin identified the lymph glands and published the country's first scientific journal, Acta Medica (1673-1680), while another son, Rasmus Bartholin, produced the first account of the double refraction of light in Icelandic calcite crystals.
Of fundamental significance for physics was Ole R¿mer's demonstration in 1676 of the "hesitation" or definitive speed of light.
Meanwhile, the nepotism of the Bartholin family kept many away from the university.
www.um.dk /publikationer/UM/English/Denmark/kap3/3-9-5.asp   (1353 words)

  
 Abscess Origins   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Bartholin abscess was discovered and named by Caspar Bartholin the younger (named after his Grandfather, Caspar Bartholin).
More information about Caspar Bartholin and his life are here.
On a side note his father Thomas Bartholin examined and investigated the case of the lady who vomited frogs.
homepage.ntlworld.com /a.leecy/abscessorigins.html   (119 words)

  
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Thomas Bartholin was the second of the six sons of the famous family produced by Caspar Bartholin and his wife Anna, daughter of Thomas Fincke (1561-1656), who successively became professor of mathematics, rhetoric and medicine at Copenhagen.
When his father, Caspar Bartholin the elder, died in 1629, his brother in law, Ole Worm (1588-1654), took over the custody of the young Thomas Bartholin.
Ole Worm was famous as professor of medicine and founder of the study of Nordic antiquity.
www.lycos.com /info/mathematics-egypt--miscellaneous.html?page=2   (441 words)

  
 How I was Treated with a Bartholin's Gland Abscess - Associated Content
First described by Caspar Bartholin, a Dutch anatomist in 1677, these are paired glands that maintain the moisture of the vaginal walls through their secretion of fluid.
There is one of these pea-sized glands on both the left and the right, situated inside the body with a small opening into the vagina.
A Bartholin cyst is thought to occur from a blockage of the opening, whereas an abscess is a primary infection of the gland by disease-producing bacteria.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/49043/how_i_was_treated_with_a_bartholins.html   (587 words)

  
 The Galileo Project
Not consulted: Axel Garboe, "Nicolaus Steno & Erasmus Bartholin" in Danmarks geologiske undersogelse, 4th ser., 3, no. 9 (1954), pp.38-48 QE278 A4 Ser.3 V. Maar, Den forste anvendelse of kinsbark i Danmark, (Leiden, 1925).
Kirstine Meyer, Erasmus Bartholin, et Tidsbillede, (Copenhagen, 1933).
Jed Z. Buchwald and Kurt Moeller Pedersen, "Introduction," in Erasmus Bartholin, Experiments on Bifrefringent Icelandic Crystal, trans.
galileo.rice.edu /Catalog/NewFiles/bartolin_era.html   (238 words)

  
 the Younger Caspar Bartholin Biography
Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655-1738), grandson of theologian and anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Elder, was a Danish anatomist who first described the "Bartholin's gland" in the 17th century.
The discovery is sometimes mistakenly credited to his grandfather, Bartholin the Elder.
In about 1696, Jacob Winslow was Bartholin's prosector.
www.biographybase.com /biography/Bartholin_Caspar_the_Younger.html   (69 words)

  
 Bartholin's gland Gynecology
The Bartholin's glands (also called Bartholin glands or greater vestibular glands) are two glandslocated slightly below and to the left and right of the opening of the vaginain women.
They were first described in the 17th century, by the Danish anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Younger(1655-1738).
Some sources mistakenly ascribe their discovery to his grandfather, theologian and anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Elder(1585 - 1629).
www.lumrix.com /medical/gynecology/bartholin's_gland.html   (165 words)

  
 http://www.rdoctor.com - Bump on vaginal lip. Bartholin’s cyst abscess
The Bartholin’s Gland was first discovered by a Danish physician, Caspar Bartholin, in the 17th century.
After first isolating the glands in cows, Bartholin went on to describe their appearance in the human female.
Like yeast infections, a Bartholin’s cyst is a manageable annoyance for women of reproductive age.
rdoctor.com /symptoms_disease/content/view/235/2   (823 words)

  
 Bartholin's gland (Caspar Bartholin The Younger) (www.whonamedit.com)
Bartholin’s glands are the equivalent of Cowper’s glands — the bulbourethtral glands — i males.
Bartholin’s glands have often mistakenly been ascribed to Caspar Bartholin’s grandfather, the theologian and anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585-1629).
The second edition of this book was published in 1678 by H. Wetsten in Amsterdam.
www.whonamedit.com /synd.cfm/3320.html   (193 words)

  
 Caspar Bartholin the Younger at AllExperts
Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655 – 1738), was a Danish anatomist who first described the "Bartholin's gland" in the 17th century.
He is grandson of theologian and anatomist Caspar Bartholin (the Elder) and son of Thomas Bartholin.
In about 1696, Jacob B. Winsløw was Bartholin's prosector.
en.allexperts.com /e/c/ca/caspar_bartholin_the_younger.htm   (132 words)

  
 Kongens Kunstkammer - Historie   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Som mange andre af tidens læger afsluttede Worm sine studier i Padova fra efteråret 1608 til foråret 1609.
Her sluttede han venskab med Caspar Bartholin (1585-1629).
1615 giftede han sig med en datter af den ledende medicinske professor, Thomas Fincke (1561-1656), og blev samtidig svoger til vennen, Caspar Bartholin.
www.kunstkammer.dk /H_R/worm.shtml   (611 words)

  
 Bienvenue chez Maroc Santé
BARTHOLIN GLAND DISEASES : ARTICLE BY HOWARD BLUMSTEIN, MD
Bartholin Gland Diseases - Bartholin glands were first described by Caspar Bartholin, a Dutch anatomist, in 1677.
They are paired glands that, through their secretion of fluid, maintain the moisture of the vaginal mucosa's vestibular surface.
www.marocsante.com /Specialites/pages/medspecialites.asp?q=dossier&spec=Urologie&cat1=Pathologies   (188 words)

  
 Denmark.dk: Official website - Denmark - Research   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Caspar Bartholin was known over all Europe for his anatomical textbook; his son Thomas Bartholin identified the lymph glands and published the country’s first scientific journal, Acta Medica (1673-1680), while another son, Rasmus Bartholin, produced the first account of the double refraction of light in Icelandic calcite crystals.
Meanwhile, the nepotism of the Bartholin family kept many away from the university.
The mathematician Georg Mohr worked abroad, as did Niels Stensen, who in addition to making outstanding anatomical discoveries is remembered as the founder of historical geology, palaeontology and crystallography.
denmark.dk /portal/page?_pageid=374,520396&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL   (2796 words)

  
 glandula bartholina - Bartholin gland (Spanish to English translation glossary) Medical (general),Medical
This gland was first described by Caspar Bartholin, a Dutch anatomist, in 1677.
Hence it is most often referred to as 'Bartholin's gland'.
('Gland' is not capitalized but 'Bartholin's' is capitalized as it is a proper name.
www.proz.com /kudoz/146360   (295 words)

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