Levin

LEVIN Louis (Louis Lewin, 1850-1929), noted German pharmacologist and toxicologist. A student of Voit, Pettenkofer, and Libreich; he was the latter's assistant from 1878. In 1893 he received the title of professor of pharmacology, but did not obtain a regular chair and for many years conducted private courses, enjoying great success among his numerous students and listeners. Only in the 1920s, already 70 years old, he took a regular position at the Higher Technical School in Charlottenburg as a distinguished full professor. To Levin belong over 100 works touching upon questions from very diverse fields, such as: pharmacology, toxicology, technical pharmacy, botany, physiological chemistry, pathological physiology, chemical technology; further from the areas of general medicine, history of medicine and even photography. Principal works of L.:

1- top with flowers; 2- stem leaf; 3- flower; 4 - fruit; 5- transverse section of fruit; 6--longitudinal section of ovary. "Die Nebenwirkungen der Arzneimitteln" (B., 1881); "Lehrbuch der Toxikologie" (Wien-Lpz., 1885); "Die Gifte in der Weltgeschichte" (B., 1920); together with Guillery H.-"Die Wirkungen von Arzneimitteln und Gifte auf das Auge" (B. I-II, B., 1913). In the last years of his life, continuing to work unceasingly, L. was particularly interested in questions of professional poisonings in connection with questions of public health and labor protection.