Rudolph August Witthaus

Rudolph August Witthaus (1846-1915) was an American toxicologist, born in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University in 1867, and from the medical department of New York University in 1875; studied in the Sorbonne and the College of France; and was professor of chemistry and toxicology at the universities of New York, Vermont, and Buffalo successively, and at Cornell (1898-1911). He acted as toxicological expert in several famous criminal cases. His publications include:

• Essentials of Chemistry (1879)
• Manual of Chemistry (1879; sixth edition, 1908)
• General Medical Chemistry (1881)
• Laboratory Guide in Urinalysis and Toxicology (1886)

With T. C. Becker he also edited Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Medicine, and Toxicology (second edition, four volumes, 1906-11), to which he contributed the introduction and volume iv.

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