Philipp Phoebus

Philipp Phoebus (* May 23, 1804 in Moravian- Friedland, † July 1, 1880 in Gießen ) was a German physician and pharmacologist.

Life and work

Philipp Phoebus visited Berlin in high school and began there in 1821 to study medicine. Due to a duel, he spent two years in imprisonment. After receiving his doctorate in 1827 Phoebus undertook a study trip to Würzburg, Paris, Strasbourg, Switzerland and northern Italy. At the Charité Berlin in 1831, he joined the newly created post of prosector, but came into conflict with the senior doctors and resigned after a short time. In 1833, Phoebus published a pathologic- anatomical study on cholera. In 1832 he was a lecturer in normal and pathological anatomy in Berlin. He turned to the pharmacology and in particular of dispensing. In 1835 he moved to Stolberg (Harz), where he conducted pharmacological, toxicological and scientific research in addition to his medical practice. In 1843 he was appointed to the University of Giessen. Here he founded the first German Institute of Pharmacology. In 1865 he had to give up his official position for a medical condition. Phoebus was active towards the end of his life for the reform of the pharmacy system and the preparation of an international European Pharmacopoeia. In casting Phoebus joined the Masonic " Ludewig to faithfulness " at.

Works

• Picture and description of Germany's wild and persevering in outdoor gardens poison plants for natural families explained, Volume 1, with Brandt and Ratzeburg, Berlin 1834 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf
• Picture and description of Germany's wild and persevering in outdoor gardens poison plants for natural families explained, Volume 2, with Brandt and Ratzeburg, Berlin 1838 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf