Nathaniel Highmore (1613–1685)
Nathaniel Highmore may refer to: * Nathaniel Highmore (surgeon) Nathaniel Highmore (1613–1685) was a British surgeon. Education He was educated at Sherborne and Queen's College, Oxford and Trinity College, Oxford. Professional life Remembered for his anatomical studies, he published a well written treat ... (1613–1685), British surgeon and anatomist * Sir Nathaniel Highmore (barrister) (1844–1924), British civil servant and barrister {{hndis, Highmore, Nathaniel ...
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Nathaniel Highmore (surgeon)
Nathaniel Highmore (1613–1685) was a British surgeon. Education He was educated at Sherborne and Queen's College, Oxford and Trinity College, Oxford. Professional life Remembered for his anatomical studies, he published a well written treatise on human anatomy in 1651 noteworthy for its accurate and well written account of blood circulation. He is especially known for his description of the maxillary sinus, which used to be more popularly referred to as the antrum of Highmore. He is also known for describing the scrotal septum that divides the scrotum into the two sections that each house a single testicle. Highmore is buried at Purse Caundle in Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ..., where his father had been the rector. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:H ...
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