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Animal chemistry with reference to the physiology and pathology of man / By Dr. J. Franz Simon. Translated and edited by George E. Day.

  • Johann Franz Simon
Date:
1845-1846
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Credit: Animal chemistry with reference to the physiology and pathology of man / By Dr. J. Franz Simon. Translated and edited by George E. Day. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    publication of the work, has rendered necessary. These inter- polations, with the exception of one class, are distinguished by being included in brackets. Irefer to the chemical essays of Simon, written with the view of filling up occasional deficiencies in his ‘Chemistry of Man,’ and published in his ‘ Beitrage zur physiologischen und pathologischen Chemie und Mikroskopie.’ This exception was made at the request of Dr. Simon, and its expediency and fairness is unquestionable. The ‘ Chemistry of Man’ was preceded by a volume entitled ‘Chemistry of the Proximate Constituents of the Animal Body,’ which, being in fact a distinct work, (containing upwards of 500 closely printed pages,) it has been deemed unadvisable to translate in its original form. A brief Introduction,’ in a great measure based upon it, has been drawn up by myself, with the view of facilitating the perusal of the work to those who have not paid much attention to the recent progress of organic chemistry ; and having written it with this object, I have intentionally excluded many topics which some of my readers may consider should have found a place there. The following sketch of the life and writings of the Author, brief though it be, cannot be read without interest. It affords a striking illustration of the results that combined energy and talent are capable of evolving. Franz Simon was the son of a surgeon residing at Frankfort on the Oder, and was born on the 25th of August, 1807. He distinguished himself at a very early age as a skilful apothecary ; and, in volume 32 of ‘ Brande’s Archiv,’ we find his essay on the preparation and properties of tinctures, to which one of the Hagen-Buchholz prizes was awarded in 1829. Even in this essay we can trace the germs of some of his future speculations in physiological chemistry. The following year he ' In the compilation of the Introduction I am likewise much indebted to Lehmann’s ‘Manual of Physiological Chemistry ;’ and to Mulder’s ‘ Chemistry of Vegetable and Animal Physiology.’