Johann Ernst Oswald (Oswald) Schmiedeberg
1838–1921
German pharmacologist. MD, Dorpat (Tartu), 1866; assistant, Pharmacological Institute, 1866–8; professor of pharmacology, dietetics, and history of medicine, 1871. Professor of pharmacology and director of the Pharmacological Institute, Straßburg (Strasbourg), 1872. Known for his study of the formation of hippuric acid in the kidney.
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NDB
Bibliography
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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