Friedlieb runge biography of michaels
This paper summarizes his life and activities, with particular emphasis on his chromatographic work, and on his philosophical interpretation of these pictures.
Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge was a German chemist considered to be the originator of the widely used analytic technique of paper chromatography.!
Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge
German analytical chemist (1794 – 1867)
Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (8 February 1794 – 25 March 1867) was a Germananalytical chemist.
Runge identified the mydriatic (pupil dilating) effects of belladonna (deadly nightshade) extract, identified caffeine, and discovered the first coal tar dye (aniline blue).
Early life
Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge was born near Hamburg on 8 February 1794.
A Germany chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, who first isolated the stimulant in 1819, a monumental scientific discovery that also had widespread cultural.From a young age, Runge conducted chemical experiments, serendipitously identifying the mydriatic (pupil dilating) effects of belladonna (deadly nightshade) extract.
Career
In 1819, Runge was invited to show Goethe how belladonna caused dilation of the pupil, which Runge did, using a cat as an experimental subject.
Goethe was so impressed with the demonstration that
- "Nachdem Goethe mir seine größte Zufriedenheit sowol über die Erzählung des durch scheinbaren schwarzen Staar Geretteten, wie auch über das andere ausgesprochen, übergab er mir noch eine Schachtel m