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Vittorio Marchi’s Method of Staining Degenerating Nervous Fibers and the Tragedy of His Life
Ermanno Manni, MD;
Diana Troiani, MD
Arch Neurol. 2005;62:321-325.
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INTRODUCTION
Vittorio Marchi, the Italian histologist who lived in the second half of the 19th century, is generally remembered by neuroscientists for the staining method that bears his name. Marchi’s method of staining degenerating myelin was described in his pioneering publication of 1886.1 His method has been used for more than a century, and together with the latest generation of staining techniques, it continues to be cited worldwide in all the textbooks of microscopy, histology, neuroanatomy, and neurology.
However, Marchi’s life is unknown to most neuroscientists, and only a few authors have commented on the unhappiness of his life and his cruel destiny. The official Italian science of the time did not recognize the importance of his scientific achievements and denied him a chair in the medical schools of Italian universities. Discouraged and embittered because of this injustice, Vittorio Marchi decided to abandon the academic . . . [Full Text of this Article]
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Author Affiliations: Institute of Human Physiology, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy.
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