Emil Adolf von Behring was a German #bacteriologist who is considered the founder of the science…

Emil Adolf von Behring was a German #bacteriologist who is considered the founder of the science of #immunology. He received in 1901 the first Nobel Prize for #Physiology or #Medicine for his work on #serum #therapy, especially its application against #diphtheria. In 1890, working with S. Kitasato, he discovered that #immunity against #tetanus and #diphtheria could be produced by injecting serum from an animal that had recovered from the disease. He coined the word #antitoxin for such substances. They also showed that the #antitoxins thus produced by one animal could immunize another animal and that it could cure an animal actually showing symptoms of #diphtheria. This great discovery was soon confirmed and successfully used by other workers.