author
J. B. (John Benjamin) Rieger
b. 1886
A little-known early 20th-century medical researcher, he is best remembered for co-authoring a careful experimental study on caffeine and its effects on animals. His surviving publications point to work in pharmacology and toxicology at a time when scientists were still mapping the risks of everyday stimulants.
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The Toxicity of Caffein: An experimental study on different species of animals
by William Salant, J. B. (John Benjamin) Rieger
About the author
J. B. Rieger, identified in library and book records as John Benjamin Rieger and born in 1886, appears to have been an American scientific writer and researcher rather than a literary author in the usual sense. He is chiefly associated with early twentieth-century medical research on caffeine and its physiological effects.
The work most clearly linked to him is The Toxicity of Caffein: An Experimental Study on Different Species of Animals, written with William Salant. Other records also connect him with related research on caffeine toxicity in rabbits, suggesting that his contribution belonged to laboratory-based pharmacology and toxicology.
Very little biographical detail seems to be readily available in major public author sources beyond his name and birth year. Because of that, he remains a somewhat obscure figure today, known mainly through the specialized scientific publications that preserved his work.