Poul Edvard Poulsson (18 April 1858 – 19 March 1935) was a Norwegian physician. He was born in

Larvik Larvik () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality ...

, and was the father of lawyer Erik Tutein Poulsson and a father-in-law of

Gabriel Langfeldt Gabriel Langfeldt (23 December 1895 – 28 October 1983) was a Norwegian psychiatrist. He was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1940 to 1965. His publications centered on schizophrenia and forensic medicine. He was involved as an exper ...

. Poulsson was a pioneer in

pharmacology Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...

in Norway. He was appointed extraordinary professor at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

from 1895 (and ordinary professor from 1913). After his retirement as professor in 1928, he was appointed manager of the recently established ''Statens Vitaminlaboratorium''. Among his works are ''Om strykninets lammende virkning'' from 1889, ''Lærebog i farmakologi for læger og studerende'' from 1905, and ''Om det fettopløselige vitamin og torskelevertran'' from 1923. He was a fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Unive ...

from 1894.

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1858 births 1935 deaths People from Larvik Norwegian pharmacologists University of Oslo faculty Norwegian medical writers Norwegian textbook writers Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters {{norway-bio-stub