Ernst von Bibra

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Ernst von Bibra
Ernst von Bibra, portrait by Lorenz Ritter
August 1885 Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
Schwebheim Castle, 1870

Ernst Freiherr von Bibra (born June 9, 1806 in Schwebheim , † June 5, 1878 in Nuremberg ) was a German naturalist and writer .

Life

Ernst von Bibra first studied law in Würzburg and joined the Corps Franconia . Later he switched to the natural sciences and turned to chemistry in particular . In 1844 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina Scholars' Academy .

In 1849 he traveled to Brazil and around Cape Horn to Chile, which he traversed in all directions. He gave a report about this trip in his travels in South America . In 1853 von Bibra published the contributions to the natural history of Chile . These included the scientific records of his journey from Santiago to Valparaiso with meteorological, botanical, zoological and ethnographic details. After his return he lived mostly in Nuremberg, where he exhibited his rich natural history and ethnographic collections. Beginning with travel sketches in novelistic style and descriptions of cultural history, von Bibra has focused on works of fiction in recent years. In 1862 he was elected a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Today von Bibra is best known for his book The narcotic luxury foods and man . It is considered a pioneer in ethnopsychopharmacology and provides a comprehensive overview of various intoxicating and pleasure drugs around the world that was unique for its time .

Works

  • LXXVI. Analysis of the basalt of Großwallstadt near Aschaffenburg .- Journal for practical chemistry Volume 14, year 1838 Volume 2, pp. 413–418, without illustration, table, published by Johann Ambrosius Barth Leipzig, 1838
  • LXXVII. Analysis of the colorful sandstone from Großwallstadt .- Journal for practical chemistry Volume 14, year 1838 Volume 2, pp. 419–420, without illustration, table, published by Johann Ambrosius Barth Leipzig, 1838
  • Chemical tests of various types of pus: and some other pathological substances. Berlin, Albert Förstner 1842 (c. 2003 Elibron Classics)
  • Chemical studies of the bones and teeth of humans and vertebrates . Schweinfurt, 1844 (2003 Elibron Classics)
  • Auxiliary tables for the identification of zoochemical substances . Ferdinand Enke, Erlangen, print by E. Th. Jacob 1846.
  • Investigations into the illnesses of workers in the phosphorus match factories . Erlangen 1847
  • The results of the experiments on the effect of the sulfur ether . Erlangen, Emil Harless , Ernst von Bibra 1847
  • The effect of the sulfur ether in chemical and physiological relation . Emil Harless, Ernst von Bibra
  • Chemical fragments on the liver and bile . Braunschweig 1849, digitized
  • Investigation of sea water of the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean (Liebig-Woehlers), Annalen der Chemie und Pharmazie , Volume 77 (1851)
  • The Algodon Bay in Bolivia . KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1852 (75–116 p. Plates. 37 cm. Series: Academy of Sciences, Vienna. Mathematical and natural science class. Memoranda, Vol. 4, 2nd Abh.)
  • Contributions to the natural history of Chile , Viennese memoranda, Mathem.-Naturw. Class, 1853, II
  • Travel in South America . 2 volumes, Mannheim 1854
  • Comparative studies of the human and vertebrate brain . Publishing house by Basserman & Mathy, Mannheim 1854
  • The narcotic stimulants and humans . Nürnberg, Verlag von Wilhelm Schmid, 1855, digitized / Leipzig, Wiesbaden 1983 / English Plant Intoxicants: A Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants ISBN 0-89281-498-5 Healing Arts Press, Rochester, Vermont 1995
  • Coffee and its surrogates . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences in Munich 1858
  • The cereals and the bread . Nuremberg 1860, 1861, digitized
  • Memories from South America . 3 volumes, Leipzig 1861 (2007, ISBN 978-3-86503-045-0 )
  • The smugglers of Valparaiso . From the South American memories of Ernst, Freiherrn v. Bibra . Pp. 2-20 No. 79 German youth books , printing and publishing of the bookstore Ludwig Auer Pedagogical Foundation Cassianeum in Donauwörth, c. 1920
  • The smugglers' den . From the South American memories of Ernst, Freiherrn v. Bibra . Pp. 20-26 no. 79 German youth books , printing and publishing of the bookstore Ludwig Auer Pedagogical Foundation Cassianeum in Donauwörth, c. 1920
  • From Chile, Peru and Brazil . 3 volumes, Leipzig 1862
  • The bronzes and copper alloys of the ancient and oldest peoples, with consideration for those of the modern age . Published by Ferdinand Enke, Erlangen 1869.
  • On a Strange Lightning Strike , Gaea, Vol. 5, 1869.
  • On Lightning , Gaea, Vol. 6, 1870.
  • About old iron and silver finds . Nuremberg, Richter & Kappler 1873 (2003 Elibron Classics)
  • About the extraction of silver from cyan silver solutions, and about the reduction of chlorine silver. - Barth 1876

Some of his works, which are particularly characterized by successful character drawings and beautiful scenic depictions, are:

  • A jewel . Leipzig 1863
  • Travel sketches and short stories . Jena; Leipzig: Costenoble, 1864
  • Tzarogy . Jena; Leipzig: Costenoble, 1865 (3 volumes)
  • A noble woman's heart . 1866, 2nd Ed., Jena 1869 (2003 Elibron Classics, 3 volumes)
  • The treasure diggers . Volumes Jena: Costenoble, 1867
  • From old and young: memories . Jena: Costenoble, 1868
  • Adventure of a young Peruvian in Germany . Jena 1870
  • The crook's children . Nuremberg 1872
  • Hieronimus Scottus: a time picture from the 16th and 17th centuries 17th century volumes. Berlin, 1873
  • Brave women . Jena 1876
  • The nine stations of Mr. Scherenberg . Jena 1880

See also

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Ernst von Bibra  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry by Ernst Frhr. by Bibra at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on February 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Thilo Stumpf: German doctors as explorers in Latin America from the 19th century to the First World War , dissertation at the Institute for the History of Medicine, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Supervisor: Wolfgang U. Eckart , 2000, pp. 47–51.
  3. ↑ Member entry by Ernst Freiherr von Bibra (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 7, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Bibra, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bibra, Ernst Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naturalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Floating home
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1878
Place of death Nuremberg