Emil Adolf von Behring 53373 222656946 2008-06-30T13:44:56Z Lansey 660275 {{Infobox Scientist |name =Emil Adolf von Behring |box_width = |image =E A Behring.jpg |image_width =225px |caption =Emil Adolf von Behring |birth_date =[[March 15]], [[1854]] |birth_place =[[Jankowa Zaganska|Hansdorf]] |death_date =[[March 31]], [[1917]] |death_place =[[Marburg]], [[Hesse-Nassau]] |residence = |citizenship =[[Germany|German]] |nationality = |ethnicity = |field = [[physiology]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes =[[Image:Nobel medal dsc06171.jpg|20px]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]([[1901]]) |footnotes = |signature = }} '''Emil Adolf von Behring''', born '''Adolf Emil Behring''' ([[March 15]], [[1854]] &ndash; [[March 31]], [[1917]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[physiologist]] who received the 1901 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]. ==Biography== Behring was born at [[Jankowa Zaganska|Hansdorf]], [[Rosenberg (district)|Kreis Rosenberg]], [[Province of Prussia]]. Between 1874 and 1878 he studied [[medicine]] at the Army Medical College in [[Berlin]]. He was mainly a military doctor and then became Professor of [[Hygienics]] within the Faculty of Medicine at the [[University of Marburg]] (against the initial strenuous opposition of the faculty council), a position he would hold for the rest of his life. Behring was the discoverer of [[diphtheria]] [[antitoxin]] and attained a great reputation by that means and by his contributions to the study of immunity. He won the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901 for developing a [[serum therapy]] against [[diphtheria]] (this was worked on with [[Emile Roux]]) and [[tetanus]]. The former had been a scourge of the population, especially children, whereas the other was a leading cause of death in wars, killing the wounded. 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 Professor Behring's "bovivaccine", which prevents [[Bovinae|bovine]] [[tuberculosis]]. Behring died at [[Marburg]], [[Hesse-Nassau]], on [[March 31]], [[1917]]. His name survives on in [[Dade Behring]], the world's largest company dedicated solely to clinical diagnostics, in the Behring-Werke in Marburg, and in the Emil von Behring - Prize of the University of Marburg. His [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Prize medal]], is now kept on display at the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum]] in [[Geneva]]. ==Partial list of publications== {{Commons|Emil Adolf von Behring}} * ''Die Blutserumtherapie'' (1892) * ''Bekämpfung der Infektionskrankheiten'' (1894) * ''Beiträge zur experimentellen Therapie'' (1906) ==References and further reading== <references/> * {{NIE}} ==External links== [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/articles/behring/index.html "Emil von Behring: The founder of serum therapy"] by Karoline Grundmann, ''[[Nobelprize.org]]'', December 3, 2001. {{Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureates 1901-1925}} {{BD|1854|1917|Behring, Emil Adolf von}} [[Category:Immunologists]] [[Category:German physiologists]] [[Category:German physicians]] [[Category:Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine]] [[Category:German Nobel laureates]] [[Category:People from the Province of Prussia]] [[Category:University of Marburg faculty]] [[ar:إميل فون بهرنغ]] [[bn:এমিল ভন বেহরিং]] [[bs:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[bg:Емил фон Беринг]] [[ca:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[cs:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[de:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[es:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[eo:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[fr:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[ko:에밀 아돌프 폰 베링]] [[hr:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[id:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[it:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[he:אמיל אדולף פון בהרינג]] [[sw:Emil von Behring]] [[nl:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[ja:エミール・アドルフ・フォン・ベーリング]] [[no:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[pl:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[pt:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[ro:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[ru:Беринг, Эмиль Адольф фон]] [[sl:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[fi:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[sv:Emil von Behring]] [[tr:Emil Adolf von Behring]] [[uk:Еміль Адольф фон Берінг]] [[zh:埃米尔·阿道夫·冯·贝林]]