Jean Nicolas Gannal
Jean Nicolas Gannal (born July 28, 1791 in Saarlouis , † January 1852 in Paris ) was a French chemist .
Life
He joined the French Army Medical Department in 1808 and worked as a pharmacist. In 1816 he became assistant to Louis Jacques Thénard in his chemistry lectures at the Sorbonne .
After completing his studies, Gannal initially devoted himself to inventions and industrial ventures. So he invented a new type of chimney, the first elastic rollers for the printing press, the refining of borax , a new process for melting and hardening tallow lights and developed a new mixture for the preservation of corpses . In a new procedure in which the corpse, in addition to the methods of dissection and disinfecting surface treatment that had been common since the Middle Ages, was also preserved from the inside by injecting preservatives into the bloodstream , mostly through the carotid artery , Gannal achieved one for a short time satisfactory preservation by injection of aluminum sulfate or aluminum chloride .
In 1827 he received the Institute's Montyon Prize for his system of chlorine-containing inhalation against runny nose, and he received the same award for his method of embalming the dead.
literature
- Gannal M .: About a new process to fabricate white lead. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 106, 1847, pp. 273-276.
- JN Gannal: Histoire des embaumements . 2nd Edition. Paris 1841.
- JN Gannal: Lettre aux médecins sur la question des embaumements . Paris 1845.
- Gannal, Jean Nicolas . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 11 : Franciscans - Gibson . London 1910, p. 452 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gannal, Jean Nicolas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gannal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarlouis |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1852 |
| Place of death | Paris |