author

C. W. Wolf

d. 1866

A 19th-century German physician, he is best remembered for a book on the medicinal use of honey-bee poison. Very little biographical detail survives, which gives his work an unusual air of historical curiosity.

1 Audiobook

Apis Mellifica; or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent

Apis Mellifica; or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent

by C. W. Wolf

About the author

C. W. Wolf, M.D., was a German physician active in the mid-19th century. Sources connected to his book describe him as a district physician at Calau in Niederlausitz and in Berlin, and the 1858 title page of Apis Mellifica; or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent identifies him as an ex-district physician in Berlin.

He is known chiefly for Apis Mellifica (1858), a medical work discussing honey-bee poison as a therapeutic agent. The book reflects his experience as a practicing physician and is the main reason his name continues to appear in library catalogs, public-domain archives, and audiobook collections.

Reliable biographical information beyond that is scarce. Based on catalog and library records, he died in 1866, but I could not confirm fuller details such as his complete name, birth year, or a well-documented life story from the sources I found.