Some comments on Jorink’s ‘Swammerdam, hoveling?’

In this paper a reaction is presented on an earlier article, published in Studium , devoted to the reputation of the 17 th -century microscopist Johannes Swammerdam (1637-1680). It is argued that the picture sketched in that paper by Eric Jorink has some interpretations which can be questioned in the light of the available historical sources.