Eusebio Oehl was an Italian histologist and physiologist who was a native of Lodi.

He studied medicine at the University of Pavia

University of Pavia

The University of Pavia is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. It was founded in 1361 and is organized in 9 Faculties.-History:...

, and following graduation in 1850, he continued his education in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 under Joseph Hyrtl and Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke

Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke

Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke was a German physician and physiologist.He was born Ernst Wilhelm Brücke in Berlin. He graduated in medicine at University of Berlin in 1842, the following year he became esearch assistant to Johannes Peter Müller...

. Afterwards he returned to Pavia

Pavia

Pavia , the ancient Ticinum, is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It is the capital of the province of Pavia. It has a population of c. 71,000...

, where he taught classes in histology

Histology

Histology is the study of the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals. It is performed by examining cells and tissues commonly by sectioning and staining; followed by examination under a light microscope or electron microscope...

 at the Collegio Ghislieri and at the university. In 1864 he attained the chair of physiology at the institute of physiology in Pavia.

Oehl is remembered for the introduction of microscopic

Microscope

A microscope is an instrument used to see objects that are too small for the naked eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called microscopy...

 research in anatomy

Anatomy

Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...

 and histology

Histology

Histology is the study of the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals. It is performed by examining cells and tissues commonly by sectioning and staining; followed by examination under a light microscope or electron microscope...

 at Pavia, and is credited with the creation of systematic studies of cell structure

Cell structure

Cell structure may refer to:* An organelle, or the layout of organelles of the biological cell itself* The structure of a covert cell, often involved in underground resistance, organised crime, terrorism or any group requiring stealth in its operations...

 via the microscope. He conducted pioneer physiological studies on salivation, and described "Oehl's muscles", which are strands of muscle fibers in the chordae tendineae

Chordae tendineae

The chordae tendineae, or heart strings, are cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart....

of the left atrioventricular valve. Some of his better known students were Camillo Golgi

Camillo Golgi

Camillo Golgi was an Italian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate.-Biography:Camillo Golgi was born in the village of Corteno, Lombardy, then part of the Austrian Empire. The village is now named Corteno Golgi in his honour. His father was a physician and district medical officer...

 (1843-1926), Camillo Bozzolo

Camillo Bozzolo

Camillo Bozzolo was an Italian physician who was a native of Milan. In 1868 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Pavia, and afterwards continued his studies in Austria and Germany at the laboratories of Johann von Oppolzer , Ludwig Traube and Rudolf Virchow...

 (1845-1920), Giulio Bizzozero

Giulio Bizzozero

Giulio Bizzozero was an Italian doctor and medical researcher. He is known as the original discoverer of Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria which is responsible for peptic ulcer disease...

 (1846-1901) and Enrico Sertoli

Enrico Sertoli

Enrico Sertoli was an Italian physiologist and histologist who was a native of Sondrio. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia, where one of his instructors was physiologist Eusebio Oehl . He continued his studies of physiology in Vienna under Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke , and in Tübingen...

(1842-1910).

Selected writings

• Teoria ed uso del microscopio, Pavia (Theory and use of the microscope), Tipografia dei Fratelli Fusi, 1855
• L'Istituto e l'insegnamento straordinario di fisiologia sperimentale in Pavia (The Institute and the instruction of physiological experiences in Pavia), Pavia, Bizzoni, 1862.
• Fisiologia del pneumogastrico (1867)
• Manuale di Fisiologia (published in 3 volumes), Milano, 1868-1876