Wilhelm His
1831–1904
Swiss anatomist. Taught anatomy and physiology, University of Basel, 1857–92. Professor of anatomy, Leipzig, 1872–1904. Opened a new laboratory of anatomy, 1875. Invented the microtome to slice thin tissue sections for microscopic examination, 1866.
Sources
DBE
DSB.
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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