Wistar

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Wistar may refer to:

  • Caspar Wistar (1696–1752), Pennsylvania glassmaker and landowner.
  • Caspar Wistar (1761–1818), physician and anatomist, grandson of the glassmaker.
  • Isaac J. Wistar (1827-1905), Union general and penologist.
  • Wistar Institute, a biomedical research center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named after the physician.
  • Wistar rat, a strain of albino laboratory rats developed at the institute.

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