Rudolf Boehm
German pharmacologist, physician and toxicologist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Rudolf Albert Martin Boehm was a German pharmacologist, known for his work in the field of experimental pharmacology. He studied medicine at the universities of Munich and Würzburg, and in 1868–70 served as an assistant to Franz von Rinecker at the Juliusspital in Würzburg. In 1871 he obtained his habilitation under Adolf Fick, then during the following year was named a professor of pharmacology, dietetics and history of medicine at the University of Dorpat. Later on, he worked as professor of pharmacology at the universities of Marburg and Leipzig , where on four separate occasions he was named dean to the medical faculty. During his tenure at Leipzig, he oversaw the construction of its pharmacological institute . Today the institute at Leipzig is known as the Rudolf-Boehm-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie. His main research dealt with the pharmacological and toxicological properties of substances of plant origin and their effect on the animal organism. He conducted extensive studies on the actions of digitalis, muscarine , choline and curare. In 1895 he classified curare into three groups; "calabash curares" , "tubo curares" and "pot curares" . He also performed significant research of carbohydrate metabolism.
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