Karl Binz

Karl Binz (1 July 1832 – 11 January 1913) was a German physician and pharmacologist born in Bernkastel.

In 1868 he became an associate professor at Bonn, and several years later founded its pharmacological institute (1873).

In 1867 he discovered that quinine was highly toxic to micro-organisms in impure water,[2] and demonstrated that quinine hydrochlorate with neutral or slightly basic reaction was an effective poison for the protoplasms of decomposing plants and impeded many fermenting and putrid processes.

[3] In addition to his research of quinine, he performed extensive pharmacological tests on arsenic, halogens and associated compounds, sleep-inducing substances, et al.

[4] Binz was also the author of a number of works in the field of "history of medicine", such as: