Friedrich Petuely

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Friedrich Petuely (born June 15, 1922 in Vienna ; † January 8, 1994 ) was an Austrian pediatrician and biochemist. As director of the Austrian Federal Institute for Food Inspection and Research, he was jointly responsible for Austrian food law. He discovered uses of lactulose in medicine and is particularly considered to be the inventor of lactulose preparations as laxatives . The importance of Petuely's discovery for medicine is shown by the fact that lactulose was included in the list of essential medicines of the World Health Organization .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1940, Petuely studied medicine in Vienna and Graz, interrupted by military service and military service due to the war. From 1946 to 1949 he studied chemistry in Graz. During his work at the University of Graz on the nutrition and intestinal flora of infants, he first observed a positive influence of heated lactose and finally of lactulose on the intestinal flora of infants. In a subsequent study of the effect on adults, he discovered the laxative effect. 1960 to 1963 he was director of the Federal Food Research Institute in Graz. In 1964 he became director of the Federal Institute for Food Inspection and Food Research in Vienna. As such, the Austrian food law helped shape; the law was considered relatively strict and Petuely was feared and respected as an influential “food pope”. In 1981 the National Council said about him: "Hofrat Petuely, who controls very strictly in the exercise of his office, many say that he controls, who has reported many, many people because of small things". In 1980 the Ministry of Health initiated disciplinary proceedings against Petuely, also for having arranged for order forms to be backdated; the proceedings were discontinued due to the statute of limitations. On November 9, 1983, Petuely filed a voluntary disclosure; the next day he was reported by the Ministry of Health. He was accused of providing false evidence in court, providing incorrect evidence or misusing official authority. He had manipulated the description of the samples during sample examinations at the Federal Institute in Vienna. In 1988 Petuely was retired with a monthly pension of 55,000 shillings.

Petuely, who claims to have produced more than 70 publications, died on January 8, 1994. He was buried on January 20, 1994 in the Neustift cemetery (group K, row 8, number 5).

Works (selection)

  • Attempts to change the intestinal flora of infants (together with G. Kristen, 1949)
  • On the chemistry of the Osone (1952)
  • The bifidus factor, a new vitamin-like active ingredient (1953)
  • On the quantitative assessment of the Lb. bifidus in the stool of infants (1957)
  • Biochemical studies on the regulation of the colon flora in infants (1957)
  • The bifidus factor (1957)
  • The 1972 Food Act. Issue of the law with commentary and collection of further important decisions, Österreichische Staatsdruckerei 1976 (together with Dr. Udo Jesionek , Konrad Brustbauer and Dr. Karl Wrabetz)
  • Determination of saxitoxin in canned mussels (with Egon Hellwig, 1980)
  • About the bifidus factor lactulose (1986)

Radio interviews on the web

Honors (selection)

Petuely received the Theodor Körner Prize twice (1957 and 1959) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vienna cemeteries: search for graves
  2. ↑ Patent US3272705 : Laxative composition and method of using same. Registered on June 13, 1963 , published September 13, 1966 , inventor: Friedrich Petuely. ‌
  3. ^ WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. 20th List (March 2017, Amended August 2017). In: Essential medicines and health products. World Health Organization WHO, March 2017, accessed November 12, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Friedrich Petuely: About the bifidus factor lactulose . In: Bifidobacteria and Microflora . tape 5 , no. 1 , 1986, pp. 3-11 , doi : 10.12938 / bifidus1982.5.1_3 ( jst.go.jp ).
  5. ^ Forum Health Food - Safety
  6. ↑ [1]
  7. ↑ Seal of approval for food
  8. ↑ Food Labeling Fraud: A Question of Control
  9. ↑ Dkfm. GDR. König: Negotiations: Report of the Audit Office Committee on the activity report of the Audit Office. In: Stenographic protocol 67th session of the National Council of the Republic of Austria. Republic of Austria, Parliamentary Administration, March 19, 1981, accessed on November 12, 2017 .
  10. ↑ II-83 of the supplements to the stenographic minutes of the National Council XVI. Legislative period
  11. ↑ a b c Now it's about the sausage. In: Profile No. 46 of November 11, 1985, page 32. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
  12. ↑ a b butcher newspaper 70 years - anniversary edition. In: Austrian butcher newspaper. Österreichischer Wirtschaftsverlag GmbH, December 16, 2016, accessed on November 12, 2017 .
  13. ↑ 40 of Petuely's publications are listed at Scopus , 36 of them in the years 1947 to 1965 as an employee of the Karl-Franzens University Graz (Author ID: 7801418919) and 4 in the period 1980 to 1983 for the Federal Institute for Food Analysis in Vienna (Author ID : 7801418918). The Web of Science has on 13 November 2017 only 26 of his publications from the period 1952 (The Chemistry of Osone) to 1983 in the database.
  14. ↑ Friedrich Petuely: Attempts to change the mood of the intestinal flora of the infant . In: Annales Paediatrici (International review of pediatrics / Jahrbuch für Kinderheilkunde, Basel) . tape 172 , no. 3 . BC Teubner, 1949, p. 183-184 .
  15. ↑ Friedrich Petuely: The Chemistry of Osone . In: Monthly books for chemistry and related parts of other sciences . tape 83 , no. 3 , May 1952, ISSN  0343-7329 , p. 765-775 , doi : 10.1007 / bf00897727 ( springer.com ).
  16. ↑ Friedrich Petuely: The bifidus factor, a new vitamin-like active ingredient . In: Natural Sciences . tape 40 , no. January 13 , 1953, ISSN  0028-1042 , pp. 349-349 , doi : 10.1007 / bf00589556 ( springer.com ).
  17. ↑ Friedrich Petuely: About the quantitative detection of Lb. bifidus in the stool of infants . In: Journal of Pediatrics . tape 79 , no. 2 , March 1957, ISSN  0178-4919 , p. 180-184 , doi : 10.1007 / bf00440163 ( springer.com ).
  18. ↑ Friedrich Petuely: The bifidus factor . In: DMW - German Medical Weekly . tape 82 , no. 46 , November 15, 1957, ISSN  0012-0472 , p. 1957–1960 , doi : 10.1055 / s-0028-1117025 ( thieme-connect.de ).
  19. ^ Udo Jesionek - Annotated legal editions, textbooks. In: Publications. WHITE RING Aid to Crime Victims, accessed November 12, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Egon Hellwig, Friedrich Petuely: Determination of saxitoxin in shellfish preserves (Determination of saxitoxin in canned shellfish) . In: Journal of Food Study and Research . tape 171 , no. 3 , May 1980, ISSN  0044-3026 , pp. 165-169 , doi : 10.1007 / bf01042642 ( springer.com ).
  21. ↑ Friedrich Petuely in Vienna History Wiki of the city of Vienna
personal data
SURNAME Petuely, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petuely, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pediatrician and biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1994