# Julius Pohl

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**Julius Pohl** (1 November 1861 in [Prague](/source/Prague) – 27 September 1942 in [Hamburg-Eimsbüttel](/source/Eimsb%C3%BCttel_(quarter))) was an Austrian-German [pharmacologist](/source/Pharmacologist).

From 1879 to 1883 he studied medicine at the [German University in Prague](/source/Charles_University_in_Prague), where afterwards he worked as an assistant to [Franz Hofmeister](/source/Franz_Hofmeister) in the pharmacology institute. In 1892 he received his [habilitation](/source/Habilitation) for pharmacology and [pharmacognosy](/source/Pharmacognosy), and three years later became an associate professor. In 1897 he succeeded Hofmeister as chair of pharmacology at the university. In 1911 he relocated to the [University of Breslau](/source/University_of_Breslau) as successor to [Wilhelm Filehne](/source/Wilhelm_Filehne).[1] In 1926 he became a member of the [German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina](/source/Academy_of_Sciences_Leopoldina).[2]

His work included studies on serum proteins, the action of [bromoacetic acid](/source/Bromoacetic_acid) on muscle, the toxicity of [chloroform](/source/Chloroform), and the metabolic [oxidation](/source/Oxidation) of alcohols and [fatty acids](/source/Fatty_acid).[3][4] In 1891 he isolated the compound [aristolochin](/source/Aristolochin) from *[Aristolochia clematitis](/source/Aristolochia_clematitis)*.[5]

## Selected publications

- *Ueber das Aristolochin, einen giftigen Bestandtheil der Aristolochia-Arten*, 1891 – On aristolochin, a toxic component of *[Aristolochia](/source/Aristolochia)* species.
- *Ueber die Oxydation des Methyl- und Aethylalcohols im Thierkorper*, 1893 – On the oxidation of methyl and ethyl alcohols in the animal body.
- *Ueber den oxydativen Abbau der Fettkörper im thierischen Organismus*, 1896 – On oxidative reduction of fat in the animal organism.
- *Franz Hofmeister*, sein Leben und Wirken, 1923 – Franz Hofmeister, his life and work.[4]

With [Emil Starkenstein](/source/Emil_Starkenstein) and Eugen Rost, he was co-author of *Toxikologie* ("[Toxicology](/source/Toxicology)", 1929).[6]

## References

1. [Pohl, Julius Heinrich](https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd117688061.html#ndbcontent) In: [Neue Deutsche Biographie](/source/Neue_Deutsche_Biographie) (NDB). Band 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6, S. 583.

1. [Plett - Schmidseder](https://books.google.com/books?id=JkoK_108xJkC&dq=%22Pohl%2C+Julius%22+1861&pg=PT48) / edited by [Walther Killy](/source/Walther_Killy) Dictionary of German Biography

1. [Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical ..., Volume 191](https://books.google.com/books?id=tRlC9NyNNN8C&dq=%22Pohl%2C+Julius%22+protein&pg=PA413) by Joseph Stewart Fruton

1. [Contrasts in scientific style : research groups in the chemical and biochemical sciences](https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_tRlC9NyNNN8C/bub_gb_tRlC9NyNNN8C_djvu.txt) Archiv.org

1. [Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 100](https://books.google.com/books?id=tYRxBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Julius+Pohl%22+1861&pg=PA488) edited by Douglas Kinghorn A., Heinz Falk, Jun'ichi Kobayashi

1. [Toxikologie von Starkenstein](http://www.zvab.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Starkenstein&tn=Toxikologie&cm_sp=mbc-_-SRP-_-all) ZVAB.com

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