Niels Stensen--prestigious scholar of the 17th century

Abstract

The authors present a biography of modest, extraordinary educated Danish scholar Niels Stensen, who gave his life to anatomy, geology and finally to theology. His anatomical studies of salivary glands, lymphatic system, muscles and heart, and also of other organs of human body, based on study of contemporary anatomy classify him among most important scholar of 17th century. The truth, scientific approach and his method of explaining anatomical structures in a connection with physiological notes are original and valid from a todays point of view. (Fig. 3. Ref. 8.)