Autor: Sylvester Marsh

Sylvester Marsh was a surgeon, and a semi-professional microscopist. He produced high-quality microscope slides, in particular paired stained sections of human liver from healthy and alcoholic individuals (Figures 1-3). He also prepared and distributed other histological specimens, and sectioned botanical objects. In 1878, he published a small book on how to prepare and cut thin sections of tissues for microscopical investigation. This was evidently a good seller, and a second edition was issued in 1882 that was twice the size and included several professional lithographs.