Julius Pohl

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Julius Heinrich Pohl (born  November 1, 1861 in Prague , †  September 27, 1942 in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel ) was a German pharmacologist and biochemist . From 1897 to 1911 he was professor of pharmacology at the German University of Prague and then until 1928 as professor of pharmacology at the University of Breslau .

Life

Julius Pohl was born in Prague in 1861 and also completed high school in his hometown and from 1879 to 1883 studied medicine at the German University in Prague . He received his doctorate in November 1884 and then became an assistant to Franz Hofmeister at the University's Pharmacological Institute . In March 1892 he obtained his habilitation in the subject of experimental pharmacology, three years later he was appointed associate professor.

After Hofmeister's move to the University of Strasbourg , Julius Pohl was appointed to his successor as a full professor for pharmacology in January 1897. In the winter semester of 1911, he moved to the University of Breslau , where he succeeded Wilhelm Filehne as professor of pharmacology and worked until his retirement in 1928. He spent his retirement in Wandsbek near Hamburg and died in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel in 1942 .

Scientific work

Julius Pohl published around 50 scientific publications and dealt, among other things, with the breakdown and excretion of methanol , ethanol and drugs , which makes him a co-founder of pharmacokinetics . In further studies, the results of which were important for the lipid theory of anesthesia postulated later by Hans Horst Meyer and Ernest Overton , he focused on the distribution and metabolism of chloroform . He also researched the purine metabolism and the protein balance of the organism, in particular catabolic reactions in diseases, as well as the detoxification of mineral acids and organic acids .

Awards

Julius Pohl was appointed to the Secret Medical Council in 1918 and was a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina from 1926 . He was also a member of the German Society of Science and the Arts in Prague.

Works (selection)

  • Toxicology: A Textbook for Physicians, Medical Officials, and Medical Students. Berlin and Vienna 1929 (as co-author)
  • Working with body protein. In: Emil Abderhalden : Handbook of biological working methods. Berlin and Vienna 1922, pp. 585–595

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SURNAME Pohl, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pohl, Julius Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacologist and biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1942
Place of death Hamburg-Eimsbüttel