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Morphology and art in the work of Lelio Orci
Domenico Ribatti1, John Heuser2
1Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sensory Organs,University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy.
Abstract:
Lelio Orci, chairman of the Department of Morphology at the University of Geneva Medical School in Switzerland, was one of the most eminent morphologists of the last century, author of fundamental contributions to the study of microanatomy, especially regarding the ultrastructure of the endocrine pancreas and of the molecular mechanisms of cell secretion. In his work, Orci transformed EM-ultrastructure into a creative art form. The aim of this article is to demonstrate, through a few examples of the scientific work of this extraordinary scientist the reality of this assertion.
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