Philipp Stöhr Explained

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

Education and Professorship

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

Published works

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.anatomie.uni-wuerzburg.de/geschichte_des_instituts/ University of Wuerzburg
2. Web site: http://dfg-viewer.de/show/?set[mets=https%3A//digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de%2Foai%2F%3Fverb%3DGetRecord%26metadataPrefix%3Dmets%26identifier%3D1720875 DFG-Viewer: Lehrbuch der Histologie und der mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen]. dfg-viewer.de.
3. Web site: Stöhr, Philipp 1849-1911 [WorldCat Identities]].