Marie François Xavier Bichat Scientist

Marie François Xavier Bichat (November 14, 1771 – July 22, 1802) was a French anatomist and physiologist who is best remembered as the father of modern histology and descriptive anatomy. Despite working without a microscope, he was the first to introduce the notion of tissues as distinct entities, and maintained that diseases attacked tissues rather than whole organs or the entire body, causing a revolution in anatomical pathology.

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Marie François Xavier Bichat
Birth dateNovember 14, 1771
Birth place
Thoirette
Nationality
France
Date of deathJuly 22, 1802
Place of death
Paris
Known for
Histology
Tissue (biology)

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Field of study
Anatomy
Physiology

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  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=6c8SAAAAYAAJ
  3. http://books.google.com/books?id=6c8SAAAAYAAJ&dq=bichat&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=bichat&f=false
  4. http://himetop.wikidot.com/xavier-bichat
  5. http://www.bium.parisdescartes.fr
  6. http://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/histmed/medica.htm
  7. http://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/histmed/medica/bichat.htm