Arvid Wretlind
Karl Arvid Johannes Wretlind (born January 28, 1919 in Avesta ; † August 26, 2002 ) was a Swedish physician who developed intravenous nutrition .
Life
Wretlind studied medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
Clarence Crafoord , who had studied surgery during World War II and was impressed with the intravenous artificial feeding, although the solutions were not yet optimal, aroused Wretlind's interest in intravenous feeding. At the end of the 1940s, Wretlind and Ivan Hâkansson developed an amino acid solution that was used until the mid-1980s. From 1949 to 1962 he was assistant professor of pharmacology at the Karolinska Institute. During this time he carried out the most important basic research for safe artificial nutrition. At the same time, from 1954 to 1962, he developed the fat emulsion Intralipid for intravenous use.
In 1968 he began to teach nutrition courses at Stockholm University and Karolinska. From 1975 to 1977 he was Professor of General Nutrition and then until 1979 Head of the Vitrum Institute for Human Nutrition . From 1979 to 1990 he served on the Board of Directors of the Cutter-Vitrum Institute for Human Nutrition at the University of California , Berkeley.
literature
- Wretlind, K Arvid J . In: Sten Lagerström, Elvan Sölvén (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1969 . 29th year PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1968, ISSN 0347-3341 , p. 1051 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Wretlind, Karl Arvid Johannes . In: Vetenskapsakademi (ed.): Sveriges statskalender för år 1972 . Almqvist & Wiksell boktryckeri AB, 1972, ZDB -ID 205099-7 , p. 236 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wretlind, Arvid |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wretlind, Karl Arvid Johannes (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Avesta |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 2002 |