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Paul Langerhans Jr. described under the microscope single cells and aggregates never seen before; he had broad interests and a non-ordinary biography. He died young from tuberculosis, but continued to study until the end, driven by curiosity and disregarding his fate. In him coexisted the genius of the discoverer and the diligence of the observer of nature.

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Carlo Patriarca - Anatomic Pathology Unit, St. Anna Hospital (ASST Lariana), Como, Italy

Guido Petracco - Anatomic Pathology Unit, St. Anna Hospital (ASST Lariana), Como, Italy

Giacomo Maria Pini - Anatomic Pathology Unit, St. Anna Hospital (ASST Lariana), Como, Italy

Stefano Chiaravalli - Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy

Guido Rindi - Section of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; Anatomic Pathology Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health Sciences and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy; ENETS Center of Excellence Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

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Patriarca, C., Petracco, G., Pini, G. M., Chiaravalli, S., & Rindi, G. (2025). Paul Langerhans (1847-1888): perceiving the unknown and describing it. Pathologica - Journal of the Italian Society of Anatomic Pathology and Diagnostic Cytopathology, 117(5). https://doi.org/10.32074/1591-951X-N1064
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