Jean Louis Lassaigne
Jean Louis Lassaigne (born September 22, 1800 in Paris , † March 18, 1859 ibid) was a French chemist, known for contributions to forensic and analytical chemistry.
Lassaigne was first a pharmacist and later professor of industrial chemistry at the Paris School of Commerce and professor of physics and pharmacy at the Alfort Veterinary School . Most recently he worked as a court chemist in Paris.
The Lassaigne sample for the detection of organic nitrogen is named after him. He discovered dolphinine and chitin , and he demonstrated, for example, that saliva breaks down starch into sugar and that bladder stones contain magnesium carbonate. In 1834 he extracted morphine from opium using electricity.
Fonts
- Abrégé élémenntaire de chimie organique et inorganique, 2 volumes, 1829
- Dictionnaire des réactifs chimique 1839
literature
- Entry in Winfried Pötsch, Annelore Fischer, Wolfgang Müller: Lexicon of important chemists, Harri Deutsch 1989
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean Louis Lassaigne in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Information on Jean Louis Lassaigne in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lassaigne, Jean Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1859 |
| Place of death | Paris |