Oskar Liebreich

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name = Oskar Liebreich


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caption = Oskar Liebreich
birth_date = birth date|1839|2|14
birth_place = Königsberg, Germany
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death_date = death date and age|1908|7|2|1839|2|14
death_place = Berlin, Germany
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work_institution = Pharmacology Institute in Berlin,
Balneologischen Gesellschaft
alma_mater = University of Wiesbaden,
University of Berlin
doctoral_advisor = Carl Remigius Fresenius chemistry,
Rudolf Virchow medicine
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known_for = sedative chloral hydrate
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Matthias Eugen Oskar Liebreich (February 14, 1839 - July 2, 1908) was a German pharmacologist who was a native of Königsberg. He studied chemistry under Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818-1897) in Wiesbaden, and studied medicine in Königsberg, Tübingen and Berlin, achieving his degree in 1865. Beginning in 1867 he worked as an assistant in the chemistry department of the pathological institute under Rudolf Virchow. Later he became professor and director of the Pharmacology Institute in Berlin. In 1889 he co-founded the "Balneologischen Gesellschaft" (Balneology Society) in Berlin, and was its chairman until his death in 1908. He was a younger brother of ophthalmologist Richard Liebreich (1830-1914).

Liebreich is well-known for his investigations of the sedative and hypnotic properties of chloral hydrate in 1869, and was a major figure concerning the drugs' popularity in the latter half of the 19th century. He also made important contributions in his chemical research of substances such as cantharidin, boracic acid and lanolin.

References

* "This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia."
*cite journal
title = Oscar Liebreich
author = A. Langgard
journal = Chemische Berichte
volume = 41
issue = 3
pages = 4801–4804
year = 1908
url =
doi = 10.1002/cber.190804103192
*cite book
author = Liebreich, Oskar
title = Das Chloralhydrat : ein neues Hypnoticum und Anaestheticum und dessen Anwendung in der Medicin ; eine Arzneimittel-Untersuchung
year = 1869
place Berlin
publisher = Müller