Ernst Leopold Salkowski

Ernst Leopold Salkowski (October 11, 1844 - March 8, 1923) was a German biochemist who was a native of Konigsberg.

He received his education at the University of Konigsberg, and in 1872 was an assistant at the chemical laboratory of Rudolf Virchow's Institute of Pathology in Berlin, where in 1880 he became head of the department of chemistry.

Salkowski specialized in the fields of physiological and pathological chemistry. In 1890 he was the first to describe tissue autolysis, which he named "auto-digestion", and believed was due to enzymatic action. In 1892 he first described pentosuria, and is remembered for the developing numerous tests for detection of various compounds and substances, such as cholesterol, creatinine, bile pigments, carbon monoxide, indole, et al.

He also made contributions in his research of urea, which were documented in a book he published with internist Wilhelm von Leube (1842-1922) called "Die Lehre vom Harn". Another important work of his was "Practicum der physiologischen und pathologischen Chemie", which was later translated into English as "A Laboratory Manual of Physiological and Pathological Chemistry".

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title=A Dictionary of the History of Medicine
author=Anton Sebastian
year=1999
publisher=Parthenon Pub. Group
isbn=1850700214
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=f70MZLHwvp0C&pg=PA575&lpg=PA575&dq=%22Ernst+Leopold+Salkowski%22&source=web&ots=xq7U6IFg9O&sig=u1Lhvh-8AGTEnEkaEdsybxXpDgE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result
* [http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/eight/000107256.htm Dorlands Medical Dictionary]
* [http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://cgi.ebay.de/Die-Lehre-vom-Harn---Ernst-L.-Salkowski,-W-%255BKEIN-PORTO%255D_W0QQitemZ110262621722QQcmdZViewItem%3FIMSfp%3DTL080617105a4594&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Ernst%2BLeopold%2BSalkowski%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Die Lehre vom Harn]