Dietrich Henschler

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Dietrich Henschler (born November 19, 1924 in Glösa ; † April 4, 2014 in Würzburg ) was a German physician and toxicologist . For many years he was head of the MAK Commission of the German Research Foundation (DFG).

life and work

Henschler studied medicine at the University of Würzburg , where he received his doctorate in 1953 . At the Pharmacological Institute in Würzburg he completed his habilitation in 1957 under Wilhelm Neumann on structure-activity relationships and the mechanisms of action of neurotoxic tricresyl phosphates . The University of Würzburg appointed him Extraordinary Professor in 1964, and in 1965 he was appointed to the newly established Chair of Toxicology and Pharmacology, which he held until 1994.

Dietrich Henschler was a member from 1961 and from 1969 to 1992 chairman of the Senate Commission for the testing of harmful substances of the DFG, which set the maximum workplace concentration (MAK value) for chemicals. With Wolfgang Forth and Walter Rummel he was the founding editor of the “Textbook of General and Special Pharmacology and Toxicology” known as “Forth”, which is now in its 10th edition. He has published numerous monographs on harmful substances and has been a member of the protection commission of the Federal Minister of the Interior for many years .

In 1975 he was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit.

Dietrich Henschler died on April 4, 2014.

Publications (selection)

  • Toxicology of organochlorine compounds: the influence of chlorine substituents on the toxicity of organic molecules , Weinheim; New York; Basel; Cambridge; Tokyo: VCH 1994, ISBN 3-527-29262-4 .
  • with Wilhelm B. Deichmann, Bo Holmstedt and Gundolf Keil : What is there that is not poison? A study of the "Third Defense" by Paracelsus. In: Arch. Toxicol. Volume 58, 1986, pp. 207-213; also in: The Hexagon. Volume 79, 1988, No. 3, pp. 43-49.
  • (Ed.): Passive smoking at work / DFG, Dt. Research Association, Senate Committee. for testing hazardous substances. , Weinheim; Deerfield Beach, FL: VCH 1985.
  • (Ed.): Substances that are harmful to health: toxicological and occupational medical justifications for MAK values ​​(maximum workplace concentrations) / processed by the working groups "Establishing MAK values" and "Establishing limit values ​​for dusts" of the German commission for testing harmful substances Research Foundation. , Weinheim / Bergstr. : Verlag Chemie 1974 (loose-leaf collection)
  • Together with Friedrich Bär , Wolfgang Bruns , Hans-Jürgen Hapke, Otto Rudolf Klimmer, Herbert Remmer , Wolfgang Wirth, among others : Memorandum of Toxicology , German Research Foundation, Harold Boldt Verlag KG, Boppard, 1975

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ K. Aktories , U. Förstermann, F. Hofmann and K. Starke (eds.): General and special pharmacology and toxicology. 10th edition, Munich, Elsevier GmbH 2010. ISBN 978-3-437-42522-6
  2. ↑ Stefanie Kalb: Wilhelm Neumann (1898–1965) - life and work with special consideration of its role in warfare agent research. Dissertation. 2005, pp. 71, 78, 80-81, 85-86.
  3. ↑ Portrait of the author in an article by Dietrich Henschler: Toxicity of organochlorine compounds: Influence of the introduction of chlorine into organic molecules. In: Angew. Chem. 206, 1994, pp. 1997-2012 doi: 10.1002 / anie.19941061905
  4. ↑ Professor Dietrich Henschler died at the age of 89. In: Main-Post , April 10, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Henschler, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German toxicologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Glösa
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 2014
Place of death Wurzburg