The role of Caspar Bartholin the Elder in the evolution of the terminology of the cranial nerves

Andrea Porzionato; Veronica Macchi; Raffaele De Caro

doi:10.1016/j.aanat.2012.04.007

The role of Caspar Bartholin the Elder in the evolution of the terminology of the cranial nerves

Ann Anat. 2013 Jan;195(1):28-31. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2012.04.007. Epub 2012 May 26.

Authors

Andrea Porzionato¹, Veronica Macchi, Raffaele De Caro

Affiliation

¹ Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, University of Padova, Italy.

PMID: 22698884
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2012.04.007

Abstract

In the 17th century, the Bartholin family contributed greatly to the advancement of anatomical and medical science. Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585-1629) introduced the terms nervus olfactorius and nervus vagus in 1611 in the Institutiones Anatomicae. Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680) extended their use to figures added to later revised editions of Institutiones Anatomicae.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article
Portrait

MeSH terms

Anatomy / history*
Cranial Nerves / anatomy & histology*
History, 17th Century
Humans
Italy
Olfactory Nerve / anatomy & histology
Terminology as Topic*
Vagus Nerve / anatomy & histology

Personal name as subject

Caspar Bartholin