Vittorio Marchi
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Vittorio Marchi (30 May 1851, Novellara – 12 May 1908, Iesi) was an Italian neurologist and histologist.
He studied pharmaceutical chemistry and medicine at the University of Modena, earning his doctorate in 1882.[1] He was head of the histology laboratory at the psychiatric hospital of Reggio Emilia, and later director of the primary medical hospital in Iesi.[2]
He was the creator of a popular osmium-based staining method ("Marchi stain") for the demonstration of degenerating nerve fibers.[3][4] In the late 1890s, he was a pioneer of meningioma surgery.[4]
