Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
War·thin–Star·ry stain Pronunciation:
'wor-th&n-'stär-E- Function:
noun : a silver nitrate stain used to show thepresence of bacilli
Warthin,
Aldred Scott (1866–1931), and
Starry,
Allen Chronister (b 1890), American pathologists. Warthin servedfor many years as professor and director of the department of pathology at the University of Michigan. He was the author of several textbooks of pathology. He did research on tuberculosis of theplacenta, the hemolymph nodes, lipemia, mustard gas poisoning, the aging process, and especially syphilis. In 1920 Warthin and Starry introduced a silver nitrate stain as a method for demonstratingspirochetes in tissues.
