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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

PECQUET, Jean (1622 – 1674)

1622 – 1674

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1651

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Experimenta nova anatomica, quibus incognitum chyli receptaculum, et ab eo per thoracem in ramos usque subclavis vasa lactea deteguntur.

PECQUET, Jean (1622 – 1674)

Pecquet discovered the thoracic duct in dogs and its relation to the lacteals. Using a dog that was digesting, he described the thoracic duct, its entry into the subclavian veins, and the receptaculum chyli or chyle r…