Eberhard Gockel

Eberhard Gockel
Eberhard Gockel, 32 years old.
Born1636 (1636)
Died1703 (aged 66–67)
Occupation(s)City physician, personal physician
Known forMaking the connection between the use of lead in wine and lead poisoning symptoms

Eberhard Gockel (also Eberhard Göckel; 1636–1703) was a German city physician, personal physician (Leibarzt) to the Duke of Württemberg, and member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He is known for discovering the link between lead poisoning, historically known as dry colic, morbi metallici, and colica Pictonum, and the consumption of lead through lead-sweetened wine.

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