Celebrating the Fathers of Pharmacy: Justus von Liebig, Inventor of Baby Formula

2026-06-08T12:59:46-02:30

Justus von Liebig and the World Before Infant Formula In 1864, organic chemist and pharmacist Justus von Liebig was faced with a problem that was both personal and tangential to his area of study. Liebig, a father of five children, was not a stranger to the early needs of infants. However, it was his daughter [...]