Hans Meyer

Hans Meyer (Hans Meyer, born in 1853), outstanding pharmacologist, professor at the University of Vienna. He wrote a dissertation on metabolism in chickens ('Beitrage zur Kenntnis des Stoff-wechsels im Organismus der Hiihner', Diss., Konigsberg, 1877). From 1878 to 1881 he worked as an assistant under Schmiedeberg. He held chairs of pharmacology in Dorpat (from 1881), in Marburg (from 1884), and in Vienna (from 1904 to the present time). Among Meyer's numerous scientific works should be mentioned: on camphor-glucuronic acid, on phosphorus poisoning, on the action of bismuth, on the action of tetanus toxin, on the action of paraffin, on the action of laxatives. The name of Meyer is associated with works on the isolation of certain alkaloids. Meyer introduced diacetyl-tannin (tannigen) into medical practice; important are Meyer's works on the mechanism of action of diuretics; on the anti-inflammatory action of local anesthetics and calcium preparations. Meyer is the author of the lipid theory of narcosis, research on thermal centers (1913-15), and on muscle tone. The monograph written by Meyer together with R. Gottlieb, 'Experimentelle Pharmakologie als Grundlage der Arzneibehandlung' (7 editions, Vienna-Wien, 1910-1925; Russian ed.-St. Petersburg, 1913) is deservedly famous. Meyer created with his students the famous school of experimental pharmacology, continuing in this sense the work of Schmiedeberg. To this day, many works dedicated to the fundamental questions of pharmacology and experimental pathology come from Meyer's laboratory.