Talk:Francis Glisson

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Famous descendant(s)?[edit]

How is Ron Glisson noteworthy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sidp (talk • contribs) 17:30, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Birthplace / birthdate[edit]

Originally the article stated that Glisson was born in Rampisham in 1597, although no citation was given for this information. Then in 2008 in this edit it was changed to Bristol in 1599?, with a citation provided from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. However I have a copy of Sir Frederick Treves' 1905 publication Highways and Byways in Dorset, which also says he was born in Rampisham in 1597. I wonder what to make of this. I wouldn't say that Treves was wholly reliable about everything in his book, but he was also a surgeon and lived a little closer to Glisson's time. Plus it seems a little strange to believe—as the article currently requires us to—that Glisson was born in Bristol but then moved to Rampisham (a small village with no history of an educational establishment that I am aware of) to be educated. Can anyone shed any light? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 00:50, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Point of information: a bit of research has revealed that there was a school at Rampisham, but as it was designed by Pugin (19th century), the general question remains. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 02:36, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This BMJ article states he was the second son of William Glisson of Rampisham, which implies his family resided there when he was born. It also states 1597. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 13:09, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for future article expansion[edit]

Currently there's nothing here but the major academic feud between Alexander Monro Secundus/Junior and William Hunter over priority in understanding the nature of the lymphatic system ended in discovering that Francis Glisson had already figured it out and published a century earlier. Obviously that needs to be added here. See, i.a.,

Ambrose, Charles T. (January 2007), "The Priority Dispute over the Function of the Lymphatic System and Glisson's Ghost (The 18th-Century Hunter–Monro Feud)", Cellular Immunology, vol. 245, pp. 7–15, doi:10.1016/j.cellimm.2007.02.015.
Hendriksen, Marieke M.A. (October 2015), "Anatomical Mercury: Changing Understandings of Quicksilver, Blood, and the Lymphatic System, 1650–1800" (PDF), Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, vol. 70, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 516–548.

Some other sources further give credit to Friedrich Hoffmann for having and publishing the idea before all three, which should be run down and added as necessary. — LlywelynII 21:03, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]