Lauterer, Josef (Joseph) (1848 - 1911)

Summary

Josef (Joseph) Lauterer ran a private medical practice in Brisbane from 1885 and was active in the Royal Society of Queensland. As a member of the Society's field naturalists section he studied plant chemistry, the botany of Moreton Bay area and Aboriginal languages. He published many articles in the Society's journal and wrote an article on gums of Eucalypts and Angophora.

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Chronology

1872

Education - State examination completed at Karlsruhe, Germany

1872

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Freiburg, Germany

1885 -

Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney) in March

1885

Life event - Moved to Queensland in November

1893 - 1895

Career position - Councillor of the Royal Society of Queensland

1896

Career position - President of the Royal Society of Queensland

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
• McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details

Journal Articles

• Lauterer, J., 'Native medicinal plants of Queensland. Part I', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 10 (1894), 97-101. Details
• Lauterer, J., 'Bunya Bunya nuts', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 45-46. Details
• Lauterer, J., 'Progress of Science in Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 12 (1897), xiii-xix. Details
• Lauterer, J., 'Progress of science in Australia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 12 (1897), viii-xix. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Gums of Eucalypts and Angophoras', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 8 (1890-1891), 37-39. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Native Medicinal Plants of Queensland', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 10 (1894), 97-101. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Chemical and physiological notes on native and acclimatised mydriatic plants of Queensland', The Australasian Medical Gazette, 14 (1895), 457-460. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Queensland Native Astringent Medicines : Illustrated by the Chemistry of Gums of Eucalypts and Angophoras', The Chemist and Druggist of Australasia, 10 (1895), 108-112. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Gums and Resins', The Chemist and Druggist of Australasia, 10 (1895), 178. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Queensland Native Astringent Medicines, Illustrated by the Chemistry of the Gums of Eucalypts and Angophoras', Report of the sixth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 6 (1895), 293-304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52884167. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Constituents of Resin of Ailanthus imberbiflora , var. macartneyi', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 42. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'The Sassafras Trees of Queensland and the Chemistry of Cinnamomum oliveri (Bail.)', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 20-26. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'On the Resin of Araucaria bidwilli', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 12-13. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Native astringent medicines and tanning materials of Queensland', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 46. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Anatomical and Chemical Researches on the Parasitic phanerogams of Queensland', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 75-76. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'A New Method of Assaying Tannates', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 43-45. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Chemistry of Brigalow Gum', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 56. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Distilling Cognac from Sugar and Grape juice', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 57-59. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Chemistry of Some Undescribed Gums', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 62. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'The Poisonous Principle of Macrozamia spiralis', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 90. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Caffein-Yielding Plants', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 11 (1895-1896), 82-87. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'New Native Medicinal Plants of Queensland', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 12 (1897), 92-94. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Chemical Affinities Between Rutaceae and Umbelliferae', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 12 (1897), 72-73. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Resins of Calophyllum inophyllum, Linn. and Canarium muelleri, Bail., and the Metarabin-gum of Bauhinia hookeri, F,V.M.', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 12 (1897), 10. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'Occurrence of Saponin in Australian Acacias and Albizzias', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 12 (1897), 103-107. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'On Microsublimation', The Chemist and Druggist of Australasia, 13 (1898), 256. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph, 'New Investigations on Rickets and Macrozamia', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 14 (1899), 5-13. Details
• Lauterer, Joseph P., 'Easy Methods of Testing the Quality, and Proving Adulterations of Vegetable Drugs', The Chemist and Druggist of Australasia, 10 (1895), 280-281. Details

Resources

• 'Lauterer, Josef (1848-1911)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473292. Details