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Carl Wedl

Carl Wedl (October 14, 1815 - September 21, 1891) was an Austrian pathologist who was a native of Vienna. He practiced medicine in Bad Ischl and Salzburg, and was later a professor of histology at the University of Vienna. Some of his well-known students were Heinrich Auspitz (1834-1885), Moritz Kaposi (1837-1902) and Salomon Stricker (1834-1898).

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Wedl is largely remembered for his work in microscopic pathology and histology. He made important contributions in the fields of helminthology, dermatology and ophthalmology, and was one of the first physicians to apply cell theory to pathology of the eye. The eponymous "Wedl cells" are named after him, which are dysplastic bladder-like fibers in the corneal tissue of the eye.

Wedl was the author of numerous books, a few of which have been translated into English.

Bibliography

Beiträge zur Lehre von den Hämatozoen, 1850
Beiträge zur Anatomie des zweibuckeligen Kameeles (Camelus bactrianus),1852 (with Franz Müller)
Grundzüge der pathologischen Histologie, 1854 (Rudiments of Pathological Histology)
Über das Nervensystem der Nematoden 1855
Über einige Nematoden, 1856
Charakteristik mehrerer Grössentheils neuer Tänien, 1856
Über ein in den Mägen des Rindes Vorkommendes Epiphyt 1858
Anatomische Beobachtungen über Trematoden, 1858
Über die bedeutung der in den schalen von manchen acephalen und gasteropoden vorkommenden canäle', 1859
Beiträge zur Pathologie der Blutgefässe, 1859
Über einen im Zahnbein und Knochen keimenden Pilz, 1864
Atlas zur Pathologie der Zähne, 1869 (Atlas to the pathology of the teeth), (with Moritz Heider)
Über die Haut-Sensibilitätsbezirke der einzelnen Rückenmarksnervenpaare, 1869 (with Ludwig Türck)
Histologische Mittheilungen. Zur Anatomie der Milz,1871
Pathologie der Zähne, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Anatomie und Physiologie, 1872 (The pathology of the teeth, with special reference to their anatomy and physiology)
Zur pathologischen Anatomie des Glaukoms, 1882
Der Aberglaube und die Naturwissenschaften, 1883
Pathologische Anatomie des Auges, 1886