Raul Ernesto Alberto Wernicke Rolda, Argentine physical chemist (Rosario 28 September 1888 – Magallanes Strait 22 September 1949)
From German ancestry
ACHIEVEMENTS
Authored 75 scientific works
Gained international recognition for his studies on oligodynamical activity of copper and silver and electrodyalisis method application to chemical, biochemical and biological problems
With Moisés Ginstein first crystallized the human serum albumin independent from Adair & Taylor (1935)
Crystallization of seroalbumin. Nature 136: 30, 1935.
Created a method for measuring minute tensions
With A. Sordelli. Um metodo de medida de pequeñas tensiones. Anal. Asoc. Quim. Arg. 1:8, 1913.
With A. Sordelli & V. Deulofeu characterized Forssman antigen as a lipidic complex associated to a carrier protein
Naturaleza del antigeno heterogenetico. Rev. Asoc. Med. Arg. 37:570, 1924
Sur la nature de l’antigéne hétérogénétique. C.R. Soc. Biol. Paris 92:898, 1925
With R. Birabén Losson developed a simple method for obtaining aurosols in order to effect Lange reaction (1930-1)
Introduced improvements in insulin original preparation method
Metodo de preparación de insulina. Rev.Asoc.Med.Arg. (Soc.Biol.) 37:89, 1924.
Invented device for use in electrodyalisis
Developed a sensible method for pH determination of gastric juice
With V. Morera. Determinación del pH em jugo gástrico. Comparación de métodos. Primer Congr. Sudamer. Quim. 4:273, 1927.
Developed a hydrogen microelectrode
With F. Modern. Microelectrodo Del hidrogeno. Anal. Asoc. Quim. Arg. 17:91, 1929.
Constructed potentiometrical measuring devices
See Ciencia e Investigación 7:569-76, 1951 (contains bibliography)