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Johann Schröder

1600 – 1664

German chemist

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About Johann Schröder

Lived 1600 – 1664. Johann Schröder was a German chemist, pharmacist, physician and pharmacologist.

Johann Schröder (1600, Bad Salzuflen – 1664) was a German physician and pharmacologist who was the first person to recognise that arsenic was an element. In 1649, he produced the elemental form of arsenic by heating its oxide, and published two methods for its preparation.

Works Pharmacopoeia medico-chymica sive thesaurus pharmacologicus : quo composita quaeque celebriora, hinc mineralia, vegetabilia & animalia chymico-medice describuntur, atque insuper principia physicae hermetico-hippocraticae candide exhibentur; opus, non minus utile physicis quam medicis . Gerlin, Ulm Ed. secunda correctum & auctum 1644 Digital edition / 1649 Digital edition / Opus, editione quarta, plurimis in locis auctum ac emendatum 1656 Digital edition / Editione ultima, plurimis in locis auctum, correctum ac emendatum 1665 Digital edition / Hac septima emendatum, omissis locupletatum, notisque auctum / a Joanne Ludovico Witzelio 1677 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf La pharmacopée raisonnée de Schroder . Vol. 1&2 . Amaulry, Lyon 1698 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf Vollständige und nutz-reiche Apotheke/ Oder: Trefflich versehener Medicin-Chymischer höchstkostbarer Artzney-Schatz : Nebst D. Friedrich Hoffmanns darüber verfasseten herrlichen Anmerckungen; in fünff Bücher eingetheilt ... . Hoffmann & Streck, Franckfurt [u.a.] Nun aber bey dieser Zweyten Edition Um ein merckliches vermehret und verbessert 1709 Digital edition / Nun aber bey dieser dritten Edition um ein merckliches vermehret, verbessert 1718 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

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Important facts

Born
1600, Bad Salzuflen
Birth century
Died
1664, Frankfurt
Nationality
Also known as
John Schroder, Johann Schroder, Johann Schroeder

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Johann Schröder's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Johann Schröder?

German chemist (1600-1664)

When was Johann Schröder born?

Johann Schröder was born in 1600 in Bad Salzuflen.

When did Johann Schröder die?

Johann Schröder died in 1664 in Frankfurt.

What was Johann Schröder's occupation?

Johann Schröder was a chemist, pharmacist, physician and pharmacologist.

What nationality was Johann Schröder?

Johann Schröder was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Johann Schröder

· Wikidata: Q73983

· DBpedia: Johann Schröder (physician)

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