- Eusebio Oehl
Eusebio Oehl {
December 5 ,1827 -April 10 ,1903 ) was an Italianhistologist andphysiologist who was a native of Lodi. He studied medicine at theUniversity of Pavia , and in 1858 became a "Privatdocent" ofhistology atPavia . In 1864 he attained the chair of physiology at the Institute of Physiology in Pavia.Oehl is remembered for the introduction of microscopic research in
anatomy andhistology at Pavia, and is credited with the creation of systematic studies ofcell structure via the microscope. He described strands of muscle fiber in the "chordae tendineae " of the left atrioventricular valve, which were later named "Oehl's muscles". Some of his students wereCamillo Golgi (1843-1926),Camillo Bozzolo (1845-1920),Giulio Bizzozero (1846-1901) andEnrico Sertoli (1842-1910).Selected writings
* "Teoria ed uso del microscopio, Pavia" (Theory and use of the microscope), Tipografia dei Fratelli Fusi, 1855
* "L'Istituto e l'insegnamento straordinario di fisiologia sperimentale in Pavia" (The Institute and the instruction of physiological experiences in Pavia), Pavia, Bizzoni, 1862.
* "Fisiologia del pneumogastrico" (1867)
* "Manuale di Fisiologia" (published in 3 volumes), Milano, 1868-1876References
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://ppp.unipv.it/musei/pagine/Biografie/biooehl.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DOehl%2BPavia%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Google-translated biography of Eusebio Oehl]
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