List of Famous people with last name Heffter

August Wilhelm Heffter

First Name August

Last Name Heffter

Born on April 30, 1796

Died on January 5, 1880 (aged 83)

Born in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Jessen

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Arthur Heffter

First Name Arthur

Last Name Heffter

Born on June 15, 1859

Died on February 8, 1925 (aged 65)

Born in Germany, Saxony

Arthur Carl Wilhelm Heffter was a German pharmacologist and chemist. He was the first chairman of the German Society of Pharmacologists, and was largely responsible for the first Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology. He isolated mescaline from the peyote cactus in 1897, the first such isolation of a naturally occurring psychedelic substance in pure form. In addition, he conducted experiments on its effects by comparing the effects of peyote and mescaline on himself.

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