Carl Wedl

Carl Wedl (14 October 1815 – 21 September 1891) was a pathologist who was a native of Vienna, Austrian Empire.

In 1844 he took a scientific journey to France and England, afterwards returning to Vienna, where he performed histological research.

Some of his well-known students were Heinrich Auspitz (1834–1885), Moritz Kaposi (1837–1902) and Salomon Stricker (1834–1898).

He made contributions in the fields of helminthology, neurology and ophthalmology, and was one of the first physicians to apply cell theory to pathology of the eye.

[1] The eponymous "Wedl cells" are named after him, defined as dysplastic bladder-like fibers in the crystalline lens of the eye.