Alexander Stanislavovich Dogiel (russian: Александр Станиславович Догель; 1852 in

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– 1922 in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

), was a Russian Empire

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and

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. The cells of Dogiel, bipolar neurons of the spinal ganglia, are named after him.

Biography

Dogiel studied at

Kazan University Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (russian: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет, tt-Cyrl, Казан (Идел буе) федераль университеты) is a public research uni ...

where he graduated in 1883. He inaugurated his career in 1885 as a monitor in

embryology Embryology (from Greek ἔμβρυον, ''embryon'', "the unborn, embryo"; and -λογία, ''-logia'') is the branch of animal biology that studies the prenatal development of gametes (sex cells), fertilization, and development of embryos ...

. Then he taught and practiced

histology Histology, also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vi ...

, first in

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from 1888, then in 1892 at the Saint Petersburg Medical Institute where he was entrusted with the organization of the histology laboratory. He founded the ''Russian Archives of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology'' (Рус, архив анатомии, Gistology and Embryology). Dogiel lived and worked in isolation, rarely but authoritatively publishing lengthy and richly illustrated articles. His work focused on degenerative and regenerative neuromuscular junction abnormalities, neuromuscular spindles, and various cellular categories within the central nervous system. He demonstrated a mastery of silver staining techniques and some of his illustrations contain a level of detail comparable to that which can be obtained using a low-power electronic microscope. Dogiel was an important figure in Russian histology. He trained Russian scientists such as

Vladimir Bekhterev Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev ( rus, Влади́мир Миха́йлович Бе́хтерев, p=ˈbʲextʲɪrʲɪf; January 20, 1857 – December 24, 1927) was a Russian neurologist and the father of objective psychology. He is best know ...

, Babukin, Yakulovich and Doinnikov in this specialty, but never went to visit his colleagues from Western Europe.

Major works

* ''Die sensiblen Nervenendigungen im Herzen und in den Blutgefässen der Säugethiere''. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie 1898; 52: 44-70. * ''Die Endigungen des sensiblen Nerven in den Augenmuskeln und deren Sehnen beim Menschen und den Saugietieren''. Arch Mikr Anat 1906; 68 : 501-22. * ''Der Bau der Spinalganglien des Menschen und der Säugetiere''. Jena: Fischer, 1908

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dogiel, Alexandre Russian neuroscientists Histologists 20th-century Russian physicians 19th-century physicians from the Russian Empire Pages with unreviewed translations 1852 births 1922 deaths