Project description

Thomas Bartholin was the first to publish descriptions of the human lymphatic system in the mid-17th century. Through comprehensive translation and interpretation of Bartholin’s original Latin works, this monograph will bridge the divide between historical and contemporary knowledge of the lymphatic vessels and explore how Bartholin’s discovery has influenced scientific knowledge making.

Short bio

Donna Briggs Bødtkjer is a Carlsberg Monograph Fellow at AIAS and an Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedicine at Aarhus University. She is a medical physiologist exploring the structure and function of the lymphatic circulation through an almost exclusively human-based translational approach. In addition to ongoing studies of lymphatic vessels in the lab and clinic, she is translating and modernizing Thomas Bartholin’s original lymphatic works.