Emil von Behring
Emil von Behring | |
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Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1894) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1901) | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physiology, immunology, ophthalmology |
Notable students | Hans Schlossberger |
Emil von Behring (German pronunciation:
Biography
Behring was born in Hansdorf, Kreis Rosenberg, Province of Prussia (now Ławice, Iława County, Poland). His father was a schoolmaster; the family had 13 children.
Between 1874 and 1878, he studied medicine at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Akademie in
In 1890 he published an article with
In 1895 he became Professor of
Behring won the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901 for the development of serum therapies against diphtheria. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1902.[9]
In 1904 he founded the Behringwerke in Marburg, a company to produce antitoxins and vaccines.
At the International Tuberculosis Congress in 1905 he announced that he had discovered "a substance proceeding from the virus of tuberculosis". This substance, which he designated "T C", plays the important part in the immunizing action of his "bovivaccine", which prevents bovine tuberculosis. He tried unsuccessfully to obtain a protective and therapeutic agents for humans.[10]
Behring died at
His Nobel Prize medal is now kept on display at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva.
Controversy
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. A chemical company preparing to undertake commercial production and marketing of the diphtheria serum offered a contract to both men, but von Behring manoeuvered to claim all the considerable financial rewards for himself. To add insult to injury, only Behring received the first Nobel Prize in Medicine, in 1901, for his contributions.[11] However, Ehrlich went on to win the 1908 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his contribution to immunology.[12]
Personal life
On 29 December 1896 Behring married the then twenty-year-old Else Spinola (1876-1936), who was a daughter of
Publications
- Die Blutserumtherapie (1892)
- Die Geschichte der Diphtherie (1893)
- Bekämpfung der Infektionskrankheiten (1894)
- Beiträge zur experimentellen Therapie (1906)
- E. v. Behring's Gesammelte Abhandlungen (1915) Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
See also
- German inventors and discoverers
References
- Kornelia Grundmann (3 December 2001). "Emil von Behring: The founder of serum therapy". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- de Kruif, Paul (1926). "VI Roux and Behring: Massacre the Guinea Pigs". Microbe Hunters. Blue Ribbon Books. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company Inc. pp. 184–206. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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Notes
- ^ Emil von Behring on Nobelprize.org The Immune System: In Defence of our Lives, nobelprize.org
- ISSN 0002-8762.
- ^ "Emil von Behring - Biographical". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ^ S2CID 22857078.
- ISSN 0027-738X.
- S2CID 54291542.
- PMID 28246359.
- ISBN 3770809858.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ Emil von Behring Serum Therapy in Therapeutics and Medical Science. Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1901. nobelprize.org
- ISBN 9781559708197.
happy accidents.
- NobelPrize.org
- ^ Derek S. Linton, Emil von Behring: Infectious Disease, Immunology, Serum Therapy, American Philosophical Society, 2005, p. 198
External links
- Emil von Behring on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture on December 12, 1901 Serum Therapy in Therapeutics and Medical Science
- www.uni-marburg.de/behring-digital[permanent dead link]
- Newspaper clippings about Emil von Behring in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW