Theodore nicolas gobley biography of albert murphy

As a youth Gobley was apprenticed to the eminent pharmacist and chemist Pierre Robiquet, whose son-in-law he later became. After studying pharmacy in Paris and completing an internship in hospital pharmacy, in he purchased a pharmacy on the rue du Bac, which he directed until Despite heavy professional obligations, Gobley found time for chemical pursuits and in due course achieved a reputation as a distinguished chemist.

In he was elected to the Academy of Medicine, and in he was named a member of the Council on Hygiene and Health of the Department of the Seine.

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Gobley collaborated with the physiologist J. Posieuille in a study of blood levels of urea and its secretion from the kidneys, the results of which were published in He investigated the fatty matter in egg yolk, milt and fish eggs, venous blood, bile, and brain tissue: and in he discovered a fatty substance containing phosphorus which in he named lecithin from the Greek lekithos , egg yolk.

Gobley was unable to elucidate the exact chemical composition of lecithin, which he obtained in impure form, but he noted that its hydrolysis yielded fatty acids as well as glycerophosphoric acid. Poiseuille in a study of blood levels of urea and its secretion from the kidneys, the results of which were published in He also carried out research on biliary calculi and vanillin.

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