Explore the history of urine sediment microscopy: how Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc first examined crystals in urine under a microscope in 1630. Materials on urinalysis.
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637) was a French priest, astronomer, and encyclopedist. In 1630, he was the first to use a microscope to examine urine and described crystals resembling “a pile of rhomboid bricks”.
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