REICHERT, Edward Tyson (1855 – 1931)
1855 – 1931
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
1860 CE
#2104
Researches upon the venom of the rattlesnake.
See No. 2106.
1886 CE
#2106
Researches upon the venoms of poisonous serpents.
Mitchell (see also No. 2104) and Reichert showed that snake venom is protein, and demonstrated the presence of toxic albumins. Mitchell was one of the first to investigate snake venoms.
1909 CE
#6845
The differentiation and specificity of corresponding proteins and other vital substances in relation to biological classification and organic evolution: The crystallography of hemoglobins.
This massive work with 100 plates including 600 images, was the first large-scale investigation of species differences at the molecular level. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
