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Rudolf Albert Martin Boehm (Böhm) (19 May 1844, in Nördlingen – 19 August 1926, in Bad Kohlgrub) was a German pharmacologist, known for his work in the field of experimental pharmacology.
He studied medicine at the universities of Munich and Würzburg, and in 1868–70 served as an assistant to Franz von Rinecker at the Juliusspital in Würzburg. In 1871 he obtained his habilitation under Adolf Fick, then during the following year was named a professor of pharmacology, dietetics and history of medicine at the Imperial University of Dorpat. Later on, he worked as professor of pharmacology at the universities of Marburg (from 1881) and Leipzig (from 1884), where on four separate occasions he was named dean to the medical faculty. Boehm, Rudolf Albert Martin drw.saw-leipzig.de During his tenure at Leipzig, he oversaw the construction of its pharmacological institute (1886–88). Boehm, Rudolf In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, , S. 379. Today the institute at Leipzig is known as the Rudolf-Boehm-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie. Rudolf-Boehm-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie UNI-Leipzig.de His main research dealt with the pharmacological and toxicology properties of substances of plant origin and their effect(s) on the animal organism. He conducted extensive studies on the actions of digitalis, muscarine (a product of certain mushrooms), choline and curare. In 1895 he classified curare into three groups; "calabash curares" (usually taken from the family Loganiaceae, Strychnos species), "tubo curares" (derived from the family Menispermaceae) and "pot curares" (mixed Menispermaceae and Loganiaceae substances). Alkaloids: Biochemistry, Ecology, and Medicinal Applications edited by Margaret F. Roberts He also performed significant research of carbohydrate metabolism.
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