Anniversary seminar
2013 marks the 25th anniversary of Niels Steensen’s beatification. Academicum Catholicum, Sankt Andreas Bibliotek, and Sankt Ansgar’s Cathedral parish invite you to an anniversary seminar: 1pm-4.45 pm, Saturday, November 23 in Sankt Ansgar’s parish hall, Bredgade 69, Copenhagen The seminar…
The heart and circulation
Af Hans Kermit In 1628 the English doctor, William Harvey, described the pumping function of the heart and the passage of blood through the arteries and veins. In 1661 Malpighi, with the help of a microscope, proved that a network…
Steensen, Stensen, Steno…
In this blog you will find several different versions of Niels Steensen’s name. Why are there different versions, and why have we settled on Steensen as our preferred form? To answer this we turn to Kaspar Kallan’s article, “Wie heisst…
