Leopold van Itallie

Leopold van Itallie

Leopold van Itallie (born March 12, 1866 in Maastricht , † May 2, 1952 in Heelsum ) was a Dutch pharmacologist and toxicologist .

Life

Leopold came from a Jewish family. His father was the Jewish preacher Samuel van Itallie (born January 14, 1835 in Meppel; died March 5, 1912 in Maastricht) and his mother Marianne Maria Cohen (born around 1836 in Maastricht; died July 2, 1900 ibid.). After attending the primary school and the secondary school (HBS) in his hometown, he began studying natural sciences on September 24, 1883 at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Utrecht , where, among others, Hendrik Wefers Bettink (born March 17, 1839 in Utrecht; † November 19, 1921 ibid) became his formative teacher. In 1886 he passed his pharmacy exam and became a local pharmacist in Rotterdam . In 1896 he continued his studies at the University of Bern with Alexander Wilhelm Oswald Tschirch , where he received his doctorate in 1901 with a thesis on Oriental and American Styrax .

In 1902 he took over a teaching position at the Reich Veterinary School in Utrecht and completed his habilitation in 1906 as a lecturer in pharmacology at the University of Utrecht. On April 4, 1907, he was appointed to the professorship for pharmacy and toxicology at the University of Leiden , which he did on September 25, 1907 with the introductory speech De Vermeerdering onzer kennis omtrent geneesmiddelen in de 19e eeuw (German: The increase in knowledge about drugs in the 19th century ). Here he took part in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the Alma Mater in the academy year 1922/23 , for which he gave the rector's speech on February 8, 1923, De macht van het kleine (German: The power of the little ones ). Itallie was editor of Pharmaceutisch Weekblad, became chairman of the permanent Dutch pharmacology commission and chairman of the Dutch National Institute for Pharmaceutical Therapeutic Studies. He also headed the Pharmacological Institute in Leiden.

He received numerous honors for his work. In 1921 he became a knight, later commander, of the Order of Dutch Lions , 1927 commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau , 1926 officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown , 1928 officer of the French Ordre des Palmes Académiques , received Flückiger Medal from ETH Zurich in 1932 and became in 1934 he officer of the French Legion of Honor . He also received honorary doctorates from the Sorbonne in Paris in 1933 , from the University of Liège in 1934, from the University of Leiden and the University of Strasbourg in 1934 . He was also a member of many scientific associations, such as from 1928 of the College of Pharmacy an Science in Philadelphia , 1923 honorary member of the American Pharmacists Association, 1924 corresponding and 1930 honorary member of the Académie royale de médecine de Belgique in Brussels .

In 1925 he was made an honorary member of the Swiss Pharmacists Association, in 1926 an honorary member of the Niederlands-Indische Apothekersvereining, 1927 an honorary member of the Societe Pharmaceutique te Athene, in 1929 he became a corresponding member of the Académie nationale de Médecine in Paris and the Austrian Pharmaceutical Society in Vienna, 1930 Honorary Chairman of the International Pharmaceutical Federation and honorary member of the società di farmacia in Turin.

He was also an honorary member of the German Pharmacists' Association , which he resigned in 1933 due to the persecution of Jews in Germany. At the age of seventy, he retired from his professorship on September 21, 1936. After the Netherlands was occupied by the Germans in World War II in 1940, he and his wife were deported to various concentration camps, most recently to the Theresienstadt concentration camp , where they survived the Holocaust. After the liberation of the camp in Theresienstadt, he spent his last lifetime in Heelsum, where he died.

family

Van Itallie married on August 14, 1894 in The Hague with the journalist and women's rights activist, and later politician Hendrika Wilhelmina Bernardina van Embden (born October 22, 1870 in The Hague; † September 6, 1959 in Trogen), the daughter of the Jewish businessman Arnold Moritz van Embden (born October 20, 1840 in Zwolle; † March 9, 1929 ibid.) And his wife Louise Wilhelmina Frederika Leon (born February 28, 1841 in The Hague; † June 3, 1873 ibid.). The daughter Louisa Marianne van Itallie (born May 16, 1895 in Rotterdam; † April 13, 1984 in Heelsum) and the son Georg van Itallie (born August 11, 1898 in Rotterdam; † December 8, 1995 in Oegstgeest) are from the marriage. , who married Hillegonda Baars (born January 19, 1908 in Rotterdam, † August 20, 1973 in Zeist) in 1946.

Works (selection)

• About the oriental and the American styrax. Leiden 1901
• Recepteerkunst. 11th edition 1927
• Latijnsch - Ned. Woordenb. op de Pharmacopoea Nederlandica. 1906 (with RTF Reudler)
• Toxicology en just. sheikunde. 1928 (with HG Bijisma)

literature

• How is that? Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1931, p. 121
• Prof. Dr. L. v. Itallie †. In: Leidse Courant. May 3, 1952 p. 2 ( online )

Web links

• Itallie entry in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
• Itallie entry at the Academie Royale de Medecine de Belgique
• Italian entry in the database Joods Biographisch Woordenboek