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 types Virchow 21 tissue types Bichat Alois Alzheimer Nissl, Brodmann American Civil War Schmidt Amoeba Auerbach Areolar tissue Bichat Author of this website King Body-snatching Schlemm "Butterflies of the soul" Cajal Camel red blood cells Boettcher Capillaries
Harvey, Malpighi,
Rouget, WallerCells, discovery of Hooke Cell Theory Schwann Cholera vibrio Pacini "Cleavability of the cutis" Langer Copyright law Cowper Crayfish neuroanatomy Freud Cripple Creek Lanterman Cytoskeleton Freud Darwin Bowman Diabetes Brunner Eliza Doolittle Henle Elliot, George (novelist) Bichat Eulogium Schmidt Eye surgery Jacob Father of microscopic
anatomyMalpighi
Father of histology Bichat Father of modern histology Kölliker Father of modern pathology Virchow First English-language
histology textbookHassall
French Revolution Bichat Garden of the Apothecaries Descemet
Gewebelehre Bichat, Kölliker Histology sans microscope Bichat Histology, word origin Mayer Infectious disease, theory of Henle Kulturkampf Virchow Locke, John (philosopher) Malpighi Microscope,
development ofHooke, Leeuwenhoek,
Lieberkuhn, KöhlerMicrotome, invention of Purkinje Middlemarch (novel) Bichat Model train Virchow Modesty Leydig Monads Mayer Muscle fibers Bowman Multi-font title page Cowper Naturphilosophie Mayer Neuroanatomy
Betz, Brodmann, Cajal,
Deiters, Freud, Golgi,
Held, Nissl, Purkinje,
Ranvier, WallerNeuron Doctrine Cajal Nobel Prize winners Cajal, Golgi Nosebleeds Kiesselbach Omnis cellula e cellula Virchow Plagiarism Cowper Retinal layers Bowman Royal Society of
LondonBowman, Havers, Kölliker
Leeuwenhoek, MalpighiSchaffhaus School Brünner, Peyer Spicilegium Kerckring "Tissue" vs. "texture" Bichat Toad-vomiting woman Bartholin Tobacco smoking Kerckring Vaccination Havers Vascular injections Hassall, Bertin, Kupffer Wonder glasses Lieberkühn
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