Paul Grützner
Paul Grützner (April 30, 1847 – July 29, 1919) was a German
).He studied medicine at the universities of
Breslau, where he was a pupil of Rudolf Heidenhain. After graduation, he was an assistant at the physiological institute in Breslau. In 1881, he became a professor at the University of Bern, and in 1884 succeeded Karl von Vierordt (1818–1884) at the physiological institute at the University of Tübingen
.
Grützner performed numerous studies involving the
digestive tract. Findings from their research were published in an 1874 treatise called Ueber Pepsinbildung im Magen, and was included in Pflügers Archiv.[1]
Grützner is credited with introducing a
colorimetric method for determining the quantity of pepsin in a solution. Among his numerous written articles was an 1879 physiological study on voice and speech titled Physiologie der Stimme und Sprache.[2]
References
- Pagel: Biographical Dictionary (translated from German)
- ^ Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen Anatomie der ..., Volume 1 by Albert Oppel
- ^ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie (biography)
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