Pathologists

Joseph Bell ( 1837- 1911) was a Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. In his instruction, he emphasized the importance of close observation in making a diagnosis. To illustrate this, he would often pick a stranger and, by observing him, deduce his occupation and recent activities. These skills cause him to be considered a pioneer in forensic science ( forensic pathology in particular) in a time when science was not often used in the investigations of crimes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Joseph Bell"

Karl Friedrich Meyer ( May 19, 1884 – April 27, 1974) was a Swedish born American pathologist. His career was dedicated to work on infectious disease; he worked on Brucellae and the human and animals diseases it causes, he discovered the virus that caused western equine encephalitis and a number of similar viruses, he discovered the cause of psittacosis after falling ill with it himself. He developed a vaccine against pneumonic plague that was used in World War II and he developed food commercial processing standard that prevented botulism contamination. ...more on Wikipedia about "Karl F. Meyer"

Karl Weigert, Carl Weigert (born at Münsterberg in Silesia March 19, 1845; died at Frankfort-on-the-Main August 5, 1904) was the German Jewish pathologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Karl Weigert"

Louis-Antoine Ranvier (b. Lyons, France, October 2, 1835; d. Vendranges, France, March 22, 1922, French physician, pathologist, anatomist and histologist, discoverer of the myelin sheath and the nodes of Ranvier, subcellular structure which covers the axons of neurons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Louis-Antoine Ranvier"

Manuel Elkin Patarroyo (b. November 3, 1947) is a Colombian pathologist who claimed he had discovered a synthetic vaccine for malaria, a disease transmitted by mosquitos that affects millions of people in the Third World every year. The vaccine was used in trials carried out by the WHO in Gambia, Tanzania and Thailand, and had mixed results . ...more on Wikipedia about "Manuel Elkin Patarroyo"

Dr. Michael Baden is a board-certified forensic pathologist and medical doctor. Baden is the host of HBO's Autopsy ** . Baden received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1959. Baden maintains a private forensic pathology consulting practice and is the co-director of the New York State Police Medicolegal Investigation Unit. Baden was the Chief Medical Examiner for the City of New York from 1978 to 1979. ** Baden has been a consulting/lead pathologist and an expert witness on a number of high profile cases and investigations including: ...more on Wikipedia about "Michael Baden"

Paul Langerhans ( 1847 - 1888) was a famous German pathologist and biologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paul Langerhans"

Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (born October 13, 1821, in Schivelbein, Pomerania; died September 5, 1902, in Berlin) was a German doctor, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician. He is credited as the first to recognize leukemia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rudolf Virchow"

Sunao Tawara ( July 5, 1873, Oita – 1952) was a Japanese pathologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sunao Tawara"

Theobald Smith ( July 31, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was an American pathologist. He made several important discoveries in the fields of bacteriology, immunology and parasitology. He was the first to prove that an infectious disease could be transmitted by an arthropod. ...more on Wikipedia about "Theobald Smith"

Dr. Thomas Stoltz Harvey (born October 10, 1912) is a pathologist who conducted the autopsy on Albert Einstein in 1955. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thomas Stoltz Harvey"

Veranus Alva Moore ( April 13 1859 - February 11 1931) was a U.S. bacteriologist and pathologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Veranus Alva Moore"

Dr. Virginia Kneeland Frantz ( 1896 - 1967) was a pathologist and educator credited with a series of discoveries in the study of thyroid, breast and pancreatic tumors. From 1924 to 1962 she taught surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, becoming a full professor in 1951. ...more on Wikipedia about "Virginia Kneeland Frantz"

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