Talk:Bartholin's gland
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[edit] Sex change
In a male-to-female and female-to-male sex-change can Cowper's glands and Bartholin's glands, respectively, be used to perform the function of Bartholin's glands and Cowper's glands?--Oxonian2006 10:16, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] more info needed
obviously the bartholin's glands are internal. this raises the questions: 1.what is the term for the opening on the surface that the excretion escapes from? 2.what is the term for what connects the glands to these external openings? are BOTH bartholin's ducts? Gringo300 20:07, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] the many bartholins
Something is wrong with the date; EB says that the guy died 1629. AxelBoldt 01:06 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)
There's lots of medical Bartholins, you have Caspar the Elder (1585 - 1629), he's Caspar the Younger (1618 - 1670). No harm in being cautious, though. He may have been Danish, but his anatomical research was carried out in the Netherlands (like most other anatomical research of the time<G>). -- Someone else 01:37 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)
Here's a quote from Encyclopedia Britannica:
- Caspar Bartholin, Latin Bartholinus (1585 - 1629) Danish physician and theologian who wrote one of the most widely read Renaissance manuals of anatomy.
- At the University of Padua (1608–10) Bartholin conducted anatomical studies under the famed Italian anatomist Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente. These formed the basis for his manual Anatomicae Institutiones Corporis Humani (1611; “Textbook of Human Anatomy”). A professor at the University of Copenhagen (1613–29), he was first to describe the olfactory nerve (associated with the sense of smell) as the first cranial nerve. He also identified the small lubricating gland—known as Bartholin's gland—located near the vaginal opening in female mammals.
In other articles, they say that this guy had two sons, Erasmus and Thomas (1616 - 1680, studied in the Netherlands), who were also scientists, but they don't mention another Caspar. http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/894.html says that Thomas had a son Caspar (1655-1738) who was also anatomist.
I just found http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/byname/bartholin-gland-diseases.htm which agrees with your version.
AxelBoldt 19:21 Jan 12, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Illustration
It seems to me that the illustration currently being used leaves something to be desired...although the structures are adequately drawn, the way the female genitals are shown (particularly how the vagina is made to look like a giant, gaping maw) just seem rather Victorian and unrealistic. Wouldn't it be better to use a more modern illustration, or a photo (such as the one that's used on the clitoris page?) instead of this? I'm not necessarily saying remove it -- it's an interesting historical artifact, and this article does contain some historical discussion -- but I think it should at least be countered / paired with an illustration that's a little more realistic. Anyone else have any thoughts? It would be great if we could get some sort of close up or microscopy photo that actually showed the location of the Bartholin's ducts, but I don't see that happening. Kadin2048 20:13, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
