Kölliker, Rudolph Albert von
(1817–1905) Swiss histologist and embryologistBorn in Zurich, Switzerland, Kölliker qualified in medicine at Heidelberg in 1842 and later held professorships at Zurich and Würzburg. Celebrated for his microscopic work on tissues, he provided much evidence to show that cells cannot arise freely, but only from existing cells. He was the first to isolate the cells of smooth muscle (... ...
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