Anton Gordonoff
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Anton Gordonoff (born 3 February 1893 in Russia
, died 1960s) was a Swiss pharmacologist and toxicologist of Russian origin.
Gordonoff studied pharmacology at the Universities of Bern
and Nancy and finished his studies in 1921. In 1926 he received his habilitation
from the University of Bern. Later the same university appointed him a professor of pharmacology and toxicology; he headed the Department of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine and was also a member of the Swiss Commission on Medicine and Drugs and of the Swiss Association for Clinical Neurophysiology.
As the main expert for the defence of Maria Popescu, in 1953, together with Georges Brunschvig
, he achieved a second re-investigation of the case. He tested the accusation of poisoning by Veronal, and established that in the 1945 indictment which had led to Popescu's dubious conviction, there had been confusion between it and Quadronox. When Gordonoff then openly accused the forensic specialist François Naville
of incompetence, the prosecutor, Charles Cornu, and the presiding judge "stuttered . . . something about 'unavoidable errors'". Popescu was thus considered to have a good case for appeal.
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, died 1960s) was a Swiss pharmacologist and toxicologist of Russian origin.
Gordonoff studied pharmacology at the Universities of Bern
University of Berne
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and Nancy and finished his studies in 1921. In 1926 he received his habilitation
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...
from the University of Bern. Later the same university appointed him a professor of pharmacology and toxicology; he headed the Department of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine and was also a member of the Swiss Commission on Medicine and Drugs and of the Swiss Association for Clinical Neurophysiology.
As the main expert for the defence of Maria Popescu, in 1953, together with Georges Brunschvig
Georges Brunschvig
Georges Brunschvig was a Swiss lawyer and president of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities . Internationally, he is best known for representing the plaintiff in the 1934–35 "Berne Trial".-Berne Trial:...
, he achieved a second re-investigation of the case. He tested the accusation of poisoning by Veronal, and established that in the 1945 indictment which had led to Popescu's dubious conviction, there had been confusion between it and Quadronox. When Gordonoff then openly accused the forensic specialist François Naville
François Naville
François Naville was a Swiss physician.-Katyn affair:-References:...
of incompetence, the prosecutor, Charles Cornu, and the presiding judge "stuttered . . . something about 'unavoidable errors'". Popescu was thus considered to have a good case for appeal.
Selected publications
- "Gibt es eine Bronchialperistaltik? VI. Mitteilung. Ein Beitrag zum Studium der Physiologie und Pharmakologie der Sekretomotorik". Research in Experimental Medicine 97.1 (December 1936) ISSN 03009130
- "Physiologie und Pharmakologie des Expektorationsvorganges". Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology 40.1 (December 1938). ISSN 16175786
- "Über Triorthokresylphosphat-Vergiftungen". Archives of Toxicology 11.1 (December 1940)