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    Frederik Ruysch (Dutch: [ˈfreːdərɪk ˈrœys]; March 28, 1638 – February 22, 1731) was a Dutch botanist and anatomist. He is known for developing techniques...
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    painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Rachel Ruysch was born on 3 June 1664 in The Hague to the scientist Frederik Ruysch and Maria Post, the daughter of the architect...
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  • paintings of flowers, daughter of Frederik Ruysch Anna Ruysch (1666–1741), Dutch flower painter, daughter of Frederik Ruysch Ruijsch (y) at the Database of...
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    Enlarged by purchases from the Dutch collectors Albertus Seba and Frederik Ruysch, the museum was moved to its present location in 1727. Having expanded...
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    is believed to have first been described in 1691 by Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch and is named after Danish physician Harald Hirschsprung following his...
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    direct liquid organic chemicals to the organ. The VNO was discovered by Frederik Ruysch prior to 1732, and later by Ludwig Jacobson in 1813. The VNO is found...
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    Ruysch) was the daughter of Maria Post and Frederik Ruysch, a preeminent botanist and anatomist. She was the younger sister of painter Rachel Ruysch....
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    scientist Frederik Ruysch's work attracted the attention of royalty and legitimized postmortem anatomy[clarification needed]. Most importantly, Ruysch developed...
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    big cats in captivity. The flehmen response was first described by Frederik Ruysch[when?] and described later by Ludwig Jacobson in 1813. This response...
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    Steensen moved to Leiden, where he met the students Jan Swammerdam, Frederik Ruysch, Reinier de Graaf, Franciscus de le Boe Sylvius, a famous professor...
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    1714, Richard Bradley (botanist); and, in 1716, Herman Boerhaave and Frederik Ruysch. To the disappointment of his guests, Van Leeuwenhoek refused to reveal...
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    hermaphrodites, dates back to at least 1709, when Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch used it in a publication describing a subject with testes and a mostly...
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    Ludolf Bakhuysen, painters of seascapes. Witsen introduced him to Frederik Ruysch, who taught him how to do sections, pull his subjects' teeth, and to...
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    the field were Valerius Cordus, Konrad Gesner (Historiae animalium), Frederik Ruysch, and Gaspard Bauhin. The rapid increase in the number of known organisms...
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    (1520–1574), Reinier de Graaf (1641–1673), Jan Swammerdam (1637–1680), and Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731). The modern method of embalming involves the injection...
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    shipbuilding to use in helping build Russia's navy. Peter and Witsen visited Frederik Ruysch who had all the specimens exposed in five rooms. He taught Peter how...
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  • microscopist Nicolas Steno (1638–1686), Danish Catholic bishop and scientist Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731), Dutch botanist and anatomist Regnier de Graaf (1641–1673)...
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    François Crépieul, Jesuit missionary in Canada (d. 1702) March 28 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731) April 2 Sir Henry Beaumont...
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  • 1670) 1613 – Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (d. 1688) 1638 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731) 1652 – Samuel Sewall, English...
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  • François Crépieul, Jesuit missionary in Canada (d. 1702) March 28 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731) April 2 Sir Henry Beaumont...
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  • improved rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries, with Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch innovating a chemical embalming solution (liquor balsamicum) containing...
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    mater. The introduction of the name "arachnoid mater" is attributed to Frederik Ruysch in 1699. Another source states that the "arachnoid membrane" was discovered...
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    his co-students were Jan Swammerdam, Niels Stensen, Ole Borch and Frederik Ruysch, cooperating with professor Franciscus Sylvius, Johannes van Horne...
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  • scientist, scientific instrument maker and inventor of Leyden jar Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731), botanist and anatomist Marie du Saar (1860–1955), ophthalmologist...
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    specimens, which grew more extensive than the first. Through Seba, Frederik Ruysch—a well-known Amsterdam physician and anatomist—also sold his collection...
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    Valerius Cordus Leonhart Fuchs Conrad Gessner (Historia animalium) Frederik Ruysch William Turner (Avium Praecipuarum, New Herball) John Gerard (Herball...
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  • – Nicolas Steno, Danish pioneer of geology (died 1686) March 28 – Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (died 1731) April 19 - Niccolao Manucci...
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    instruction of Sébastien Vaillant (1669–1722), Jacob Winslow (1669–1760) and Frederik Ruysch, he devoted himself especially to anatomy and botany.[citation needed]...
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    in 1714. Many items were bought in Amsterdam from Albertus Seba and Frederik Ruysch. The fabulous Habsburg Imperial collection included important Aztec...
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    and the Windward Islands. The genus name of Ruyschia is in honour of Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731), a Dutch botanist and anatomist. He is known for developing...
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