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- Emil von Behring (1854–1917) discovered passive immunization as an effective treatment for diphtheria and tetanus. Moreover, he brought this discovery from bench to bedside, and his serum therapy markedly reduced deaths from diphtheria — the 'strangling angel of children' — which at the time was feared as the deadliest disease of infants.
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Dec 3, 2001 · On March 31, 1917, Behring died and was entombed in a mausoleum at the Marburg Elsenhöhe. After Behring’s death, Else von Behring served as chairwoman of the Women’s National Organisation in Marburg, Germany. She died in 1936 of a heart attack at the age of only 59.
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Von Behring is believed to have cheated Paul Ehrlich out of recognition and financial reward in relation to collaborative research in diphtheria. The two men developed a diphtheria serum by repeatedly injecting the deadly toxin into a horse. The serum was used effectively during an epidemic in Germany.
- Diphtheria antitoxin/serum
- Hans Schlossberger
Feb 28, 2017 · A century ago, Emil von Behring passed away. He was the first to be honored by the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1901 for the successful therapy of diphtheria and tetanus, which he had developed from the bench to the bed. He also contributed to the foundation of immunology, since his therapy was based on passive immunization with specific antisera.
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- mBio. 2017 Jan-Feb; 8(1): e00117-17.
Science | October 2021. How Science Conquered Diphtheria, the Plague Among Children. It was highly contagious, lethal and mysterious. Then medical experts developed treatments and vaccines, and...
Mar 27, 2024 · Died: March 31, 1917, Marburg, Germany (aged 63) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize (1901) Subjects Of Study: antitoxin. diphtheria antitoxin. Emil von Behring (born March 15, 1854, Hansdorf, West Prussia [now Ławice, Poland]—died March 31, 1917, Marburg, Germany) was a German bacteriologist who was one of the founders of immunology. In 1901 he ...
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Apr 10, 2017 · On 31st March 1917, Emil von Behring passed away. Why is this event so important for immunologists a century later? Main. Behring's serum therapy ... marked the beginning of immunotherapy....
