Eusebio Oehl

Eusebio Oehl {December 5, 1827 - April 10, 1903) was an Italian histologist and physiologist who was a native of Lodi. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia, and in 1858 became a "Privatdocent" of histology at Pavia. 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 and histology at Pavia, and is credited with the creation of systematic studies of cell 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 were Camillo Golgi (1843-1926), Camillo Bozzolo (1845-1920), Giulio Bizzozero (1846-1901) and Enrico 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, 1868-1876

Reference

 * Google-translated biography of Eusebio Oehl