Emil adolf von behring biography of williams
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Full name: Emil Adolf Von Behring
Born: 15 March, 1854; Hansdorf, Prussia (now Poland)
Died: 31 March 1917 (aged 63), Marburg.
Nationality: German
Fields: Physiology, immunology
Known for: Diphtheria antitoxin/serum
Notable awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1901)
Emil Adolf Behring was a renowned German physiologist who was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Born to a family of moderate means, Emil was at the verge of pursuing a career in theology but in a fateful vända of events he was able to earn a scholarship to the military medical institution. After completing his education he served for the mandated ten years, initially as an assistant surgeon. He also contributed much of his time to research and began studying the disinfectant iodoform.
Emil Adolf Behring was born on March 15, 1854 at Hansdorf, Deutsch-Eylau as the eldest son of the second marriage of a schoolmaster with a total of 13 children. Since
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Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) is generally considered the greatest composer in the history of music. He was born in Bonn, Germany but moved to Vienna in his early twenties to study music with Joseph Haydn. Somewhere around 1800 he began suffering from tinnitus (noises in the ear) and hearing loss. The cause of Beethoven’s deafness remains unknown, though various experts have attributed it to syphilis (Hayden, 2003), beatings from his father, lead poisoning, typhoid, or the newest theory, otosclerosis (Mai, 2007).
Beethoven also experienced severe gastrointestinal distress, powerful headaches (he even had several teeth pulled in the hopes of relieving some of his pain), an abscessed jaw, recurrent rheumatic pains, and frequent cardiac arrhythmia (which he set to music in a piano sonata, Opus 81a, Les abieux).
Historians are lucky to have a rich cache of letters to and from Beethoven as well as his Conversation Books, the writing pads that he used to communicate
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1. Introduction
Linton, Derek S.. "1. Introduction". Emil von Behring: Infectious Disease, Immunology, Serum Therapy, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 255), Philadelphia, PA: The American Philosophical Society Press, 2005, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.70249/9780871692863-002
Linton, D. (2005). 1. Introduction. In Emil von Behring: Infectious Disease, Immunology, Serum Therapy, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 255) (pp. 1-16). Philadelphia, PA: The American Philosophical Society Press. https://doi.org/10.70249/9780871692863-002
Linton, D. 2005. 1. Introduction. Emil von Behring: Infectious Disease, Immunology, Serum Therapy, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 255). Philadelphia, PA: The American Philosophical Society Press, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.70249/9780871692863-002
Linton, Derek S.. "1. Introduction" In Emil von Behring: Infectious Disease, Immunology, Serum Therapy, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 255), 1-16.