Wistar's Purchasing Department manages the acquistion of all materials for internal use.
Please see the Terms and Conditions.
Questions? Please contact Andrew Gordon, Director of Purchasing, at 215-898-3757 or Marion Hetzel, Assistant Director of Purchasing, at 215-898-3758.
The microscope in the image belonged to William E. Horner, M.D., a collaborator with Caspar Wistar, M.D., in the early 1800s.
Dr. Horner, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, was a pioneer of the use of microscopes in anatomical and medical research. He authored Special Anatomy and Histology, a seminal text on the subject.
