JOHN JACOB ABEL
At the time few chemists or physicists were involved with biological and medical research, nor did the physicians and biologists of the day have much background or understanding of physics or chemistry. Abel was right on, and today the best medical and biological researchers have had extensive physics and chemistry research and much of the research is being conducted by multidisciplinary teams of scientists.
John Jacob Abel was an American biochemist and pharmacologist. He established the pharmacology department at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1893, and then became America's first full-time professor of pharmacology. During his time at Hopkins, he made several important medical advancements, especially in the field of hormone extraction. In addition to his laboratory work, he founded several significant scientific journals such as the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
