- Hermann Sahli
Hermann Sahli (
May 23 ,1856 -April 28 ,1933 ) was a Swissinternist who was a native ofBern . In 1878 he earned his doctorate from theUniversity of Bern , and subsequently became an assistant toLudwig Lichtheim (1845-1915) in Bern. Afterwards he traveled toLeipzig , where he worked underJulius Friedrich Cohnheim (1839-1884) andCarl Weigert (1845-1904). He returned to Bern as an assistant at Lichtheim's policlinic, and in 1888 became a professor ofinternal medicine .Hermann Sahli was involved in almost all aspects of internal medicine, and made contributions in the fields of
neurology ,circulatory physiology ,hematology , and particularlyhemodynamics . He made improvements to thesphygmomanometer , and introduced "Sahli's hemoglobinometer", an instrument used forcolorimetric determination of the blood'shemoglobin content. His name is also associated with the "Sahlipipette method" for performingred blood cell counts, as well as the "Hayem-Sahlihemocytometer ", which is a device used to find the quantity ofplatelet s in a specified volume of blood. This device is named in conjunction withhematologist Georges Hayem (1841-1933).Sahli was the author of over 175 scientific articles, and in 1894 published an important book on clinical investigation methodologies called "Lehrbuch der klinischen Untersuchungsmethoden". His name is also associated with "
2088 Sahlia ", which is anasteroid that was discovered in 1976.References
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