Gaston Ramon

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Gaston Ramon

Gaston Ramon (30 September 1886 – 8 June 1963) was a French veterinarian and biologist best known for his role in the treatment of diphtheria and tetanus.

He was born in

Emile Roux
.

During the 1920s, Ramon, along with P. Descombey, made major contributions to the development of effective

vaccines for both diphtheria and tetanus. In particular, he developed a method for inactivating the diphtheria toxin and the tetanus toxin using formaldehyde
which, in its essentials, is still used in vaccines manufactured today. He also developed a method for determining the potency of the vaccines, an essential element required for the reproducible production of these pharmaceuticals.

He received 155 Nobel Prize Nominations but never received the prize.[1]

A collection of his papers is held at the

National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.[2]

References

Bibliography

Ebisawa, I. 1987. The encounter of Gaston Ramon (1886-1963) with formalin: A biographical study of a great scientist. Kitasato Archives of Experimental Medicine 60 (3): 55-70.