Adolph Ferdinand Duflos


Adolph Ferdinand Duflos was a French-born, German pharmacist and chemist.
Orphaned at a young age due to the loss of both parents, he was taken in by his uncle, a French military physician. After his uncle's death during the Russian campaign of 1812, he was adopted by the rector of the lyceum in Torgau. From 1830 to 1833 he studied natural sciences and chemistry at the University of Halle, afterwards working as a pharmacist's assistant, then serving as director of a chemical factory in Breslau.
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In 1842 he obtained his habilitation, and soon afterwards was named director of the pharmacy institute at the University of Breslau. In 1846 he became an associate professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at Breslau, attaining a full professorship in 1859. Serious eye problems forced his retirement from the university in 1866.

Published works

He was the author of numerous papers dealing with subjects in the fields of pharmaceutical and analytical chemistry. His chemical-apothecary book, "Chemisches Apothekerbuch : Theorie und Praxis der in pharmaceutischen Laboratorien vorkommenden pharmaceutisch-,technisch- und analytisch-chemischen Arbeiten" was for many years considered to be the best and most practical work in the German language in regards to pharmaceutical chemistry and for use in pharmacy laboratories. Other noteworthy written efforts by Duflos include: