Karl Gotthelf Lehmann (7 March 1812 in

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– 6 January 1863 in

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) was a German physiological chemist. From 1830 he studied medicine at the

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, receiving his doctorate in 1835 with a thesis titled ''De urina diabetica''. In 1842 he became an associate professor of medicine at Leipzig, where in 1854 he was named a full professor of physiological chemistry. From 1856 to 1863 he was a professor of

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at the

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.Prof. Dr. med. Karl Gotthelf Lehmann
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Published works

His 3-volume ''Lehrbuch der physiologischen Chemie'' was translated into English by

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and published with the title, ''Physiological chemistry''
Vol. 1Vol. 2Vol. 3
1851–54). Other noted works by Lehmann include: * ''Vollständiges Taschenbuch der theoretischen Chemie'', 1840 – Complete handbook of

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. * ''Einige vergleichende Analysen des Blutes der Pfortader und der Lebernerven'', 1850 – Comparative analyses of the blood of the

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and the hepatic nerves. * ''Handbuch der physiologischen Chemie'', 1853 – Handbook of physiological chemistry. * ''Zoochemie'' (edited with Karl Hugo Huppert, 1858) – Zoochemistry. A number of his works relating to medicine and physiological chemistry were published in

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's ''Journal für praktische Chemie''.ADB:Lehmann, Karl Gotthelf
In:

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(ADB). Band 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, S. 147.

References

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