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Xavier Bichat

1771 - 1802
5 books

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Marie François Xavier Bichat (; French: [biʃa]; 14 November 1771 – 22 July 1802) was a French anatomist and pathologist, known as the father of modern histology. Although he worked without a microscope, Bichat distinguished 21 types of elementary tissues from which the organs of the human body are composed.

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Books by Xavier Bichat

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Cover of General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 1 (of 3)

General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Human anatomy

4.8
Cover of General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 2 (of 3)

General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 2 (of 3)

Human anatomy

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Cover of General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 3 (of 3)

General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, Vol. 3 (of 3)

Human anatomy

4.4
Cover of Physiological Researches on Life and Death

Physiological Researches on Life and Death

Death (Biology)

2.6
Cover of Treatise on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Mucous Membranes: With Illustrative Pathological Observations

Treatise on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Mucous Membranes: With Illustrative Pathological Observations

Membranes (Biology)

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