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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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Emil von Behring (German pronunciation: [ˈeːmiːl fɔn ˈbeːʁɪŋ] ⓘ; Emil Adolf von Behring), born Emil Adolf Behring (15 March 1854 – 31 March 1917), was a German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the first one awarded in that field, for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin.
- Diphtheria antitoxin/serum
- Hans Schlossberger
Feb 28, 2017 · A cure for diphtheria, known at the time as the “strangling angel” of children, raised much higher attention as one of the most threatening killers, causing 1% of all deaths of children under the age of five years and with an overall childhood mortality of nearly 5% in Europe and the United States.
- Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
- 10.1128/mBio.00117-17
- 2017
- mBio. 2017 Jan-Feb; 8(1): e00117-17.
Mar 27, 2024 · The first antitoxin, to diphtheria, was discovered in 1890 by Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato, for which Behring received the 1901 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Today, antitoxins are used in the treatment of botulism, diphtheria, dysentery, gas gangrene, and tetanus.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 1, 2022 · Emil von Behring researched treatments for the common childhood disease diphtheria in Germany in the 1890s and early 1900s. Diphtheria is a lethal disease that infected approximately 40,000 people in Germany between 1886 and 1888 with a general mortality rate of twenty-five percent.
Gift of Dr. R. B. Montgomery / National Museum of American History Emil von Behring (in dark jacket) won a 1901 Nobel Prize for using animal antibodies to create medicines that treated...
Mar 15, 2021 · On March 15, 1854, german physiologist Emil von Behring was born. Von Behring received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the first one awarded, for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin. He was widely known as a “ saviour of children “, as diphtheria used to be a major cause of child death. Von Behring is considered the ...
Apr 10, 2017 · 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...
