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Historical curiosities

Listed here, in arbitrary alphabetical order, are several points of potential interest which may be found within various entries on the histological eponyms page.
 

4 basic tissue typesVirchow
21 tissue typesBichat
Alois AlzheimerNissl, Brodmann
American Civil WarSchmidt
AmoebaAuerbach
Areolar tissueBichat
Author of this websiteKing
Body-snatchingSchlemm
"Butterflies of the soul"Cajal
Camel red blood cellsBoettcher
Capillaries
 
Harvey, Malpighi,            
Rouget, Waller
Cells, discovery ofHooke
Cell TheorySchwann
Cholera vibrioPacini
"Cleavability of the cutis"Langer
Copyright lawCowper
Crayfish neuroanatomyFreud
Cripple CreekLanterman
CytoskeletonFreud
DarwinBowman
DiabetesBrunner
Eliza Doolittle Henle
Elliot, George (novelist)Bichat
EulogiumSchmidt
Eye surgeryJacob
Father of microscopic
      anatomy
Malpighi
 
Father of histologyBichat
Father of modern histology      Kölliker
Father of modern pathologyVirchow
First English-language
      histology textbook
Hassall
 
French RevolutionBichat
Garden of the ApothecariesDescemet
GewebelehreBichat, Kölliker
Histology sans microscope      Bichat
Histology, word originMayer
Infectious disease, theory of Henle
KulturkampfVirchow
Locke, John (philosopher)Malpighi
Microscope,
      development of
Hooke, Leeuwenhoek,
Lieberkuhn, Köhler
Microtome, invention of    Purkinje
Middlemarch (novel)Bichat
Model trainVirchow
ModestyLeydig
MonadsMayer
Muscle fibersBowman
Multi-font title pageCowper
NaturphilosophieMayer
Neuroanatomy
 
 
 
Betz, Brodmann, Cajal,
Deiters, Freud, Golgi,
Held, Nissl, Purkinje,
Ranvier, Waller
Neuron DoctrineCajal
Nobel Prize winnersCajal, Golgi
NosebleedsKiesselbach
Omnis cellula e cellulaVirchow
PlagiarismCowper
Retinal layersBowman
Royal Society of
      London
Bowman, Havers, Kölliker
Leeuwenhoek, Malpighi
Schaffhaus SchoolBrünner, Peyer
SpicilegiumKerckring
"Tissue" vs. "texture"Bichat
Toad-vomiting womanBartholin
Tobacco smokingKerckring
VaccinationHavers
Vascular injectionsHassall, Bertin, Kupffer
Wonder glassesLieberkühn

 
Histological eponyms


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Last updated:  24 May 2023 / dgk