Richardson, Benjamin

Aqueous solubility is one of the most important parameters for pharmaceutical and environmental studies. More than 130 years ago Benjamin Richardson showed that the toxicities of ethers and alcohols were inversely related to their water solubility [3]. 

In the late 1800s, Scottish surgeon Benjamin Richardson was searching for anesthetics. Even though ether anesthesia had revolutionized dentistry and surgery in the 1840s, it had a number of undesirable side effects. In 1874, Richardson published his experiments describing how he prepared an alcoholic... 

Similarly, in his journal The Asclepiad, Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson maintained that Glasgow s investigation of Loch Katrine water in 1854 and 1855 clearly demonstrated the safety of the water. Under certain circumstances, he wrote, pure or soft waters [did] not act up... 

Richardson, Sir Benjamin Ward. 1895. Note on the Position of the Lead and Water Question. Asclepiad 11 264-268. 

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