BAUHIN, VALVE OF
\bˈɔːhɪn], \bˈɔːhɪn], \b_ˈɔː_h_ɪ_n]\
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This name is given to the valve situate transversely at the place where the ileum opens into the coecum, and which Bauhin says he discovered at Paris, in 1759. It had, however, been previously described by several anatomists; as by Vidus Vidius, Postius, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
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