Arthur Stoll

Piccard, in Liquid Conspiracy, states, p. 71: "According to Al Hubbard, Hofmann's knowledge of LSD's effects came about several years prior than his recollection.  Why the disputed chronology? Is there something to hide?  If there is something to hide, it may lie in the early series of experiments with LSD conducted by Hofmann's supervisor Dr. Stoll. These tests were often conducted without the knowledge or permission of his patients. This pattern was unfortunately repeated on numerous occasions and resulted in the destruction of many lives. The conclusions of this study were published in a Swiss pharmacological journal."

 
The New Ergot Alkaloid
Arthur Stoll
Science
New Series, Vol. 82, No. 2131 (Nov. 1, 1935), pp. 415-417
(article consists of 3 pages)
Published by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.2307/1661186
Stable URL: <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/1661186">http://www.jstor.org/stable/1661186</a>

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The son of a teacher and school headmaster, he studied chemistry at the <a title="ETH Zurich" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETH_Zurich">ETH Zurich</a>, with a PhD in 1911, where he studied with <a title="Richard Willstätter" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Willst%C3%A4tter">Richard Willstätter</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stoll#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stoll#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stoll#cite_note-5">[5]</a> In 1912, he became a research assistant at the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Kaiser Wilhelm Institute" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm_Institute">Kaiser Wilhelm Institute</a> for Chemistry in Berlin, with Richard Willstätter, with whom he explored important insights on the importance of chlorophyll in carbon assimilation.
In 1917, he was appointed professor of chemistry at the <a title="Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Maximilian_University_of_Munich">Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich</a>. In the same year, he was hired as head of the pharmaceutical department of the Sandoz chemical factory in Basel (now <a title="Novartis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novartis">Novartis</a>). In this company, he was president from 1949 to 1956, Director from 1964 he held the office of President of the Board.
He developed together with its employees a range of methods for producing drugs. Thus he developed the first isolation of <a title="Ergot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergot">ergot</a> alkaloids (as <a title="Ergotamine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergotamine">ergotamine</a> and ergobasine) and cardiac glycosides, which are used as a medicine for heart diseases and migraines. A Continuous process for the production of soluble calcium salts was developed.

<h2>Personal life</h2>

Stoll also collected modern art, including <a title="Ferdinand Hodler" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Hodler">Ferdinand Hodler</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stoll#cite_note-6">[6]</a>

<h2>Awards</h2>

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<li>member of the <a class="mw-redirect" title="German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Academy_of_Natural_Scientists_Leopoldina">German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina</a></li>

<li>Foreign member of the <a title="Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences">Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences</a></li>

<li>Foreign Member of the <a title="Royal Society" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society">Royal Society</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stoll#cite_note-frs-1">[1]</a></li>

<li>1959 Paul Karrer Medal<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stoll#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li>

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<h2>References</h2>

<li id="cite_note-frs-1">Ruzicka, L. (1972). "Arthur Stoll 1887-1971". <a title="Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Memoirs_of_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society">Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society</a> 18: 566. <a title="Digital object identifier" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier">doi</a>:<a class="external text" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098%2Frsbm.1972.0021" rel="nofollow">10.1098/rsbm.1972.0021</a>. <a class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Cite_doi/10.1098.2Frsbm.1972.0021&action=edit&editintro=Template:Cite_doi/editintro2">edit</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a class="external free" href="http://www.baselland.ch/STOLL_Arthur-htm.295152.0.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.baselland.ch/STOLL_Arthur-htm.295152.0.html</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-3">Willstätter Richard und Arthur Stoll: Untersuchungen über Chlorophyll: Methoden und Ergebnisse. Berlin 1913. VIII, 424 S.</li>

<li id="cite_note-4">Willstätter, Richard und Arthur Stoll: "Über die chemischen Einrichtungen des Assimilationsapparates." Berlin. 1915. In: Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1915, II., S.322-346.</li>

<li id="cite_note-5">Willstätter, Richard und Arthur Stoll: Über die Assimilation ergrünender Blätter. Berlin 1915.</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a class="external free" href="http://www.interbook-artbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=571617" rel="nofollow">http://www.interbook-artbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=571617</a></li>

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Arthur Stoll, 35 Years Ergotamine, p. 5

Arthur Stoll

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