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Philipp Stöhr

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Philipp Stöhr (1872)

Philipp Stöhr (13 June 1849 in Würzburg – 4 November 1911) was a German anatomist and histologist.

Education and Professorship

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He studied medicine in Würzburg, where in 1869 he became a member of the Corps Bavaria Würzburg.[citation needed] As a professor at the University of Würzburg, he developed a leading school of histology and embryology.[1]

Published works

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He was the author of a landmark textbook on histology and microscopic anatomy, titled Lehrbuch der Histologie und der mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen : mit Einschluß der mikroskopischen Technik (1887), being published over many editions. (Digital 16th edition from 1915[2] by the University and State Library Düsseldorf) Stöhr's work was translated into English, and published as:

  • "Text-book of histology, including the microscopical technique", (1898).
  • "Stöhr's histology : arranged upon an embroyological basis", (1906).[3]

References

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  1. ^ University of Wuerzburg Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie: Geschichte des Instituts
  2. ^ "DFG-Viewer: Lehrbuch der Histologie und der mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen". dfg-viewer.de.
  3. ^ "Stöhr, Philipp 1849-1911 [WorldCat Identities]".