Paris - London and back to the desk: activities outside the laboratory

Work as a pharmacist

Pharmaceutical training had been one of Fehling's duties in Stuttgart from the very beginning. The quality of his teaching was attested to by the fact that from 1872 onwards it was possible to take a state examination in pharmacy. This meant that attending Stuttgart Polytechnic was equivalent to attending university. In addition to being a recognition of Fehling's achievements, this was one of the many little steps on the long road to colleges of technology being placed on a par with universities.

In 1880 Fehling was appointed a member for Württemberg in the commission that was charged with devising a standardised German Pharmacopoeia for the newly founded German Empire.