Scheele
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) was a renowned pharmacist and chemist from Stralsund who made significant chemical discoveries including oxygen, manganese, arsenic acid, and hydrochloric acid. Despite working with limited resources in modest laboratory settings, he identified numerous compounds and elements that advanced the field of chemistry.
Encyclopedia article (1928–1936)
Scheele Karl Wilhelm (Carl Wilhelm Scheele; 1742-1786), native of Stralsund, famous pharmacist and chemist. At fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to a pharmacy where he became acquainted with chemical theory and practice; in 1773 at Lock's pharmacy he conducted his brilliant works: with very limited means, in the more than modest setting of the pharmacy, with the help of simple apparatus S. discovered oxygen, manganese, arsenic acid, arsenic hydride, hydrofluoric acid, chlorine, barium hydroxide, clarified the composition of fluorite, hydrogen sulfide, characterized as special compounds glycerin, tartaric, citric, oxalic, uric and tannic acids, as well as tungstic and molybdic acids. Only by 1782 did S. succeed in equipping his good laboratory. The works of Scheele were published by Hedenström (Hedenström) under the title: "Opuscula chemica et physica" (v. I-II, Leipzig, 1788). During S.'s lifetime only one of his works was published: "Chemical Treatise on Air and Fire" (Uppsala-Leipzig, 1777; also in English and French). Letters and notes left by S. were published by Nordenskjöld: "Efterlemnade bref och anteckningar" (Stockholm, 1892).
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“Scheele.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/scheele/