Rudolf Buchheim (1820–1879) founded the first institute of pharmacology at the University of Dorpat (Tartu, Estonia) in 1847, ushering in pharmacology as an independent scientific discipline. In addition to a description of effects, he strove to explain the chemical properties of drugs.
“The science of medicines is a theoretical, i.e., explanatory, one. It is to provide us
with knowledge by which our judgement about the utility of medicines can be validated
at the bedside.”
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