Carl Schmidt (chemist)
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Carl Schmidt
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| Born | 13 June 1822 Mitau, Russian Empire; today Latvia |
| Died | 27 February 1894 (aged 71) Dorpat; today Estonia |
| Nationality | Baltic German |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Dorpat |
| Alma mater |
University of Gießen University of Göttingen |
| Doctoral advisor |
Justus von Liebig (Chemistry) Friedrich Wöhler (Medicine) |
| Doctoral students | Wilhelm Ostwald, Gustav Tammann |
Carl Ernst Heinrich Schmidt (13 June 1822 – 27 February 1894), also known in Russia as Karl Genrikhovich Schmidt (Russian: Карл Ге́нрихович Шмидт) was a Baltic German chemist from the Governorate of Livonia, a part of the Russian Empire. He determined the typical crystallization patterns of many important biochemicals such as uric acid, oxalic acid and its salts, lactic acid, cholesterin, stearin, etc.
Schmidt analyzed muscle fiber and chitin. He showed that animal and plant cell constituents are chemically similar and studied reactions of calcium albuminates. He studied alcoholic fermentation and the chemistry of metabolism and digestion. He discovered hydrochloric acid in gastric juice and its chemical interaction with pepsin. He studied bile and pancreatic juices. Some of this work was done with Friedrich Bidder. He studied chemical changes in blood associated with cholera, dysentery, diabetes, and arsenic poisoning.
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