Emil Adolf von Behring

Emil von Behring , as Emil Adolf Behring born was a German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the first one awarded, for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin. He was widely known as a saviour of children, as diphtheria used to be a major cause of child death. He was ennobled in 1901 for services to medicine.

Behring was born Adolf Emil Behring in Hansdorf , Province of Prussia, now Poland.

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