Pharmacological Collection

In 1907, the university appointed Carl Jacobj (1857–1944) as the first professor of pharmacology at the newly founded institute in Tübingen. The Pharmacological Collection, which has been built up since then, includes not only apparatus (photo) but also various chemicals and pharmaceuticals from different manufacturers, such as Abbot, Asta Werke, Bayer, Böhringer & Söhne, Hoffmann La Roche, Höchst, Knoll AG, Merck, Nordmark Werke, and the “University Pharmacy”. One early object dates back to 1920, “Ergot from Württemberg”, and another, an arrow or spear with a tip soaked in curare, dates from colonial times. The collection was packed in 2019 and has been in storage since then.