List of Dutch discoveries
Flemish anatomist and physician Andreas Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy for the publication of the seven-volume "De humani corporis fabrica" ("On the Structure of the Human Body") in 1543.
Louis Gayant
Louis Gayant (died 1673) was a French surgeon and anatomist. He was one of the founding members of the French Academy of Sciences.
He was born at Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, and became a leading anatomist, but remained unpublished. He is given credit in the discovery by Jean Pecquet of the Cisterna chyli.