co-founder of the Archives, is generally recognized as the pioneer of experimental pharmacology and was the first to introduce the concept of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of a drug (Koch-Weser and Schechter 1978;Muscholl 1995;Starke 1998). Schmiedeberg received his education in pharmacology in Dorpart (Tartu) under the leadership of Rudolf Buchheim, the founder of pharmacology. The origins of the field of pharmacology are traced in a review article published in this issue (Philippu and Seifert 2023a). Another review in this issue analyzes the biographies of Schmiedeberg and several of his very successful students, the "Schmiedeberg school of pharmacology" (Philippu and Seifert, 2023b).In his 46 years at the University of Strassburg (Strasbourg in French), 120 pupils and students from 20 different countries of the world came to study under his guidance. Schmiedeberg trained many students so successfully that they later became professors at other German universities and in several foreign countries including the UK, the USA,