Vittorio Marchi

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.