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WISNIAK, Jaime. JACQUES PERSONNE. Rev. CENIC Cienc. Biol [online]. 2024, vol.55, pp. 39-48.  Epub 16-Abr-2024. ISSN 2221-2450.

Jacques Personne (1816-1880) was a French chemist who investigated in detail the action of chloral hydrate on the animal economy and believed to have proved that the released chloroform acted as common chloroform in producing anesthesia. For this purpose, he carried additional experiments using pyrogallol instead of chloral. He also explained the use of turpentine as an antidote in phosphorus poisoning. Personne also demonstrated that amorphous red phosphorus was innocuous to the animal economy, that the fermentation of citric acetate produced acetic and butyric acid that the quinine eliminated by the urine had undergone no alteration by its passage through the economy; and that a large amount of the quinine ingested was completely destroyed within the economy.

Palavras-chave : chloral; citric acid, coffee, lupulin; pyrogallol; red phosphorus, quinine; turpentine.