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Emil von Behring and serum therapy
1Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Department of Immunology, Schumannstrabetae 21-22, 10117, Berlin, Germany. winau@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
Microbes and Infection
|March 7, 2002
Abstract:
Emil von Behring is the father of serum therapy. We present an overview of the development of this important tool in the treatment of diphtheria. In a historical context Behring's work reflects the scientific spirit of fin de siècle Berlin.