Carl Weigert
Carl Weigert · Science & Medicine
Pathologist who developed key tissue-staining methods, including stains for bacteria and myelin.
1845, Münsterberg, Prussian Silesia (present-day Ziębice, Poland) — 1904, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Germany
Carl Weigert is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Pathologist who developed key tissue-staining methods, including stains for bacteria and myelin.
Weigert was a pathologist who developed foundational tissue-staining techniques, including stains for bacteria, elastic fibers and the myelin sheaths of nerves, which transformed microscopic pathology. He was Jewish, born to a German-Jewish family, and was a cousin of the chemist Paul Ehrlich, whom he introduced to staining methods.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Pathologist who developed key tissue-staining methods, including stains for bacteria and myelin.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
