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Abstract: Among the men who have adorned
the Indian medical profession in the 20th century,
Professor Ram Nath Chopra occupies the foremost
position. He was a pioneer in the study of indigenous
drugs of India and an outstanding luminary in the field
of medical education and research. He is widely
acclaimed as the Father of Indian Pharmacology.
Introduction: Oswald Schmiedeberg
(1838-1921) of Germany transformed the old fashioned
materia medica into modern pharmacology as an
independent science in the beginning of last century. He
became Professor of Pharmacology at Strasbourgh and to
him came students from all parts of the world. Among his
eminent pupils were Abel, Cushney, Sollmann, Meyer and
Heubner. The Father of Modern American Pharmacology is
John Jacobs Abel. He was the pioneer in isolating the
first hormone, adrenaline from adrenal medulla in 1900.
The isolation of posterior pituitary hormones in 1919
and crystalline insulin in 1926 are two other most
outstanding contributions of Abel. In Great Britain,
Arthur Robertson Cushney (1868-1926) who specialised in
drugs affecting the heart and circulation and the
kidney, exerted a world wide influence on the
development of the science of pharmacology. His
enthusiastic assistants Dale and Dixon helped him in his
achievements. In India Ram Nath Chopra may be classified
with Abel and Cushney as the Father of Modern Indian
Pharmacology. He specialised in indigenous drugs of
Indian origin. His associates B.N.Ghosh, B. Mukerji,
K.S.Grewal, M.D.Chakraverty, J.C. Gupta and J.C.David
worked with him and became prominent pharmacologists of
India who made valuable contributions.
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