Henrique Schaumann

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Henrique Schaumann , also Heinrich Schaumann , (born April 19, 1856 in Campinas , Brazil ; † March 8, 1922 in Geneva , Switzerland ) was a German-Brazilian pharmacist .

Live and act

In 1879 Henrique Schaumann took over the pharmacy Botica ao Veado d'Ouro (drugstore for the golden deer) from his father Philip Gustav Schaumann (1825-1892) in Rua São Bento in São Paulo . In Brazil he also held a number of public offices.

In 1905, Schaumann moved with his family to Europe, where he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Marine and Tropical Diseases and at the Physiological Institute at the University of Halle . For his studies on the causes and treatment of beriberi , he was elected to the physiology department of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina on March 12, 1917 ( matriculation number 3385 ). Schaumann spent his last years in Geneva, Switzerland, where he also died.

The Rua Henrique Schaumann in São Paulo was named after him.

Works (selection)

  • Beriberi and nucleophosphoric acid in the diet . In: Carl Anton Mense (Ed.): Supplements to the archive for ship and pot hygiene with special consideration of pathology and therapy . tape XII , supplement 5. Verlag von Johann Ambroius Barth, Leipzig 1908, p. 137–157 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The etiology of beriberi, taking into account the total metabolism of phosphorus . In: Carl Anton Messe (ed.): Supplements to the archive for ship and pot hygiene with special consideration of pathology and therapy . tape XIV , Supplement 8. Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1910.
  • Further Contributions to the Etiology of Beri-Beri . In: Transactions of the Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . Vol. V, No. 2. Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London 1911, pp. 59–75 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The etiology of beriberi . In: Carl Anton Messe (ed.): Supplements to the archive for ship and pot hygiene with special consideration of pathology and therapy . tape XVIII , Supplement 6. Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1914.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death survey of 1922 . In: Walther Roth (ed.): Chemiker-Zeitung . 46th year, no. 155/156 . Cöthen December 29, 1922, p. 1162 .
  2. ↑ Albert Wangerin (Ed.): Leopoldina . Official organ of the Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists. 53rd issue. On commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1917, p. 29 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Schaumann, Henrique
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schaumann, Heinrich; Schaumann, Heinrich Franklin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Brazilian pharmacist
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Campinas , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1922
Place of death Geneva , Switzerland