Friedrich Gaedcke
Friedrich Georg Carl Gaedcke (born June 5, 1828 in Bonn , † September 19, 1890 in Dömitz ) was a German pharmacist who isolated the active ingredient of cocaine .
His father was a university stable master. 1844–1846 he learned a pharmacist in the Rostock Ratsapotheke . He then worked as a pharmacist and was a student in Rostock in 1850 and 1851. In 1854 he obtained his doctorate.
In 1855 he published in the Archives of Pharmacy Ueber das Erythroxylin , represented from the leaves of the shrub Erythroxylum coca cultivated in South America .
In 1856 he took over the pharmacy in Dömitz , which he managed for 34 years.
literature
- Otto Zekert: Famous Pharmacist II
- Rudolph Zaunick: On the prehistory of cocaine isolation: the role of Friedrich Gaedcke 1854 ; In: Publications of the International Society for the History of Pharmacy eV, ISSN 0074-9729 , Vol. 8 (1956), pp. 181-184
- Rudolph Zaunick: On the history of cocaine isolation: the Dömitzer pharmacist Friedrich Gaedcke (1828-1890); a contribution to the Mecklenburg pharmacist history In: Contributions to the history of pharmacy and its neighboring areas, Vol. 2 (1956), pp. 5-13
- Wolfgang-Hagen Hein: Gaedcke, Friedrich Georg Carl Gaedcke ; Article in German pharmacist biography; Vol. 1: A-L. - Stuttgart: Wiss. Verl.-Ges., ISBN 3-8047-0518-9 , 1975, pp. 187-188
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| SURNAME | Gaedcke, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gaedcke, Friedrich Georg Carl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pharmacist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1890 |
| Place of death | Doemitz |