Oscar Liebreich
Oscar Liebreich · Science & Medicine
Pharmacologist who introduced chloral hydrate as a sedative/hypnotic (1869), a landmark early synthetic drug.
1839, Konigsberg, Prussia (present-day Kaliningrad, Russia) — 1908, Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Oscar Liebreich is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Pharmacologist who introduced chloral hydrate as a sedative/hypnotic (1869), a landmark early synthetic drug.
Oscar Liebreich was a German-Jewish pharmacologist who in 1869 introduced chloral hydrate as a sedative and hypnotic, one of the first synthetic drugs deliberately designed for a medical effect. His work marked an important early step toward modern rational drug therapy. He held a leading professorship of pharmacology in Berlin.
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Pharmacologist who introduced chloral hydrate as a sedative/hypnotic (1869), a landmark early synthetic drug.
Source: https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/9972-liebreich-oskar-matthias-eugen
