Edvard Poulsson
Poul Edvard Poulsson was a Norwegian physician. He was born in Larvik, and was the father of lawyer Erik Tutein Poulsson and a father-in-law of Gabriel Langfeldt. Poulsson was a pioneer in pharmacology in Norway. He was appointed extraordinary professor at the University of Oslo from 1895. After his retirement as professor in 1928, he was appointed manager of the recently established Statens Vitaminlaboratorium. Among his works are Om strykninets lammende virkning from 1889, Lærebog i farmakologi for læger og studerende from 1905, and Om det fettopløselige vitamin og torskelevertran from 1923. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1894.
