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,…
New insights into brain research
By Hans Kermit Niels Stensen did not himself publish anything on the anatomy of the human brain. That he is honored today for this contribution to the understanding of that organ is due, above all, to his famous lecture on…
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…
