Oskar Liebreich
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| Oskar Liebreich | |
| Born | February 14, 1839 Königsberg, Germany |
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| Died | July 2, 1908 (aged 69) Berlin, Germany |
| Institutions | Pharmacology Institute in Berlin, Balneologischen Gesellschaft |
| Alma mater | University of Wiesbaden, University of Berlin |
| Doctoral advisor | Carl Remigius Fresenius chemistry, Rudolf Virchow medicine |
| Known for | sedative chloral hydrate |
Matthias Eugen Oskar Liebreich (February 14, 1839 - July 2, 1908) was a German pharmacologist who was a native of Königsberg. He studied chemistry under Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818-1897) in Wiesbaden, and studied medicine in Königsberg, Tübingen and Berlin, achieving his degree in 1865. Beginning in 1867 he worked as an assistant in the chemistry department of the pathological institute under Rudolf Virchow. Later he became professor and director of the Pharmacology Institute in Berlin. In 1889 he co-founded the Balneologischen Gesellschaft (Balneology Society) in Berlin, and was its chairman until his death in 1908. He was a younger brother of ophthalmologist Richard Liebreich (1830-1914).
Liebreich is well-known for his investigations of the sedative and hypnotic properties of chloral hydrate in 1869, and was a major figure concerning the drugs' popularity in the latter half of the 19th century. He also made important contributions in his chemical research of substances such as cantharidin, boracic acid and lanolin.
[edit] References
- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
- A. Langgard (1908). "Oscar Liebreich". Chemische Berichte 41 (3): 4801–4804. doi:.
- Liebreich, Oskar (1869). Das Chloralhydrat : ein neues Hypnoticum und Anaestheticum und dessen Anwendung in der Medicin ; eine Arzneimittel-Untersuchung. Müller.
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