The function of ovaries

The function of ovaries

By Hans Kermit Anatomists in Stensen’s time were aware of the ovaries and the fallopian tubes and of their function in  oviparous, or egg-laying, animals. The corresponding organs in mammals and humans had also been described, but were understood to…

Milk is produced in the breasts

Milk is produced in the breasts

Art: “Motherhood” by Stanisław Wyspiański. National Museum, Warsaw By Hans Kermit Stensen discovered that milk production was a result of glandular activity in the breast. Previously it had been thought that milk was produced elsewhere in the body and carried to the…

Steno-Fallot's tetralogy, the mystery of "blue babies"

Steno-Fallot’s tetralogy, the mystery of “blue babies”

By Hans Kermit When Stensen was in Paris he performed an autopsy on a stillborn child with heart disease. He was the first to describe this abnormality. Two hundred years later, in 1888, the French physician, Arthur Fallot, observed the…

Ductus Stenonis and the exocrine glands.

Ductus Stenonis and the exocrine glands.

By Hans Kermit Steensen’s first anatomical discovery was made at the age of 22 while a student in Amsterdam. …in the first sheep’s head I bought and dissected myself I found a passage which, so far as I was aware,…