biography
pronunciation:
[airleekh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1854–1915)
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| biography:
| Bacteriologist, born of Jewish family in Strzelin, SW Poland. After studying at Leipzig, he carried out research at Berlin, becoming a pioneer in haematology, immunology, and chemotherapy. In 1910 he discovered a cure for syphilis (Salvarsan), and propounded the side-chain theory in immunology. He shared the 1908 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. |
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