Alexander S. Dogiel

(1852-1922 gg.) - Russia's outstanding histologist. In 1883, Mr.. defended his doctoral thesis on the structure of the retina at ganoids. In 1888-1895 he. headed the department of histology at Tomsk State University, where he organized a first-class histological laboratory. In 1895, Mr.. was elected Professor of Histology, St. Petersburg University, which led to the end of life. Since 1897. was both a professor of Women's Medical Institute in St. Petersburg. Written about 100 scientific works, including popular science brochures on the histology of the nervous system and sensory organs. His research laid the foundation study of synapses in the autonomic nervous system has developed a method of coloring supravitalnoy neural elements methylene blue dye (Dogiel method). In 1903, Mr.. was elected a member and a representative from Russia in the International Association for the study of nervous system. In 1915, Mr.. founded the journal "Russian Archive of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology.