Who was Paul Ehrlich?
Q: Who was Paul Ehrlich?
A: Paul Ehrlich was a German doctor of Jewish descent who won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, with Ilya Mechnikov, for finding out how immunity fights disease.
Q: What did he invent?
A: He invented a staining system for bacteria (before Gram staining), trypan red which was effective against trypanosomes, and methylene blue which could put the malarial parasite Plasmodium into recession.
Q: What treatment did he discover for syphilis?
A: He discovered the first treatment for syphilis which worked - a compound of arsenic which went by the trade name of Salvarsan.
Q: What other diseases did he study?
A: He studied trypanosomiasis and other protozoal diseases.
Q: What contribution did he make to an antiserum against diphtheria?
A: He made a decisive contribution to an antiserum against diphtheria, and developed a method for standardizing therapeutic serums.
Q: How did his co-worker win a Nobel Prize?
A: His co-worker won a sole Nobel Prize for their joint work on diphtheria.
