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Paul Ehrlich

Physician and Immunologist

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Medicine Atlas. "Paul Ehrlich." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/paul-ehrlich.

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Medicine Atlas. (n.d.). Paul Ehrlich. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/paul-ehrlich

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@misc{medicineatlas-paul-ehrlich,
  author = {Medicine Atlas},
  title = {Paul Ehrlich},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/paul-ehrlich},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Paul Ehrlich was a German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and antimicrobial chemotherapy. He shared the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Elie Metchnikoff for their work on immunity. Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure for syphilis in 1909 and developing an important modification of the technique for Gram staining bacteria.

Facts

Birth Yearthe subject's own account

1854 1

Birth Datethe subject's own account

1854-03-14 1

Death Yearthe subject's own account

1915 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

1915-08-20 1

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Paul Ehrlich was a German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and antimicrobial chemotherapy. He shared the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Élie Metchnikoff "in recognition of their work on immunity". Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure for syphilis in 1909 and inventing an important modification of the technique for Gram staining bacteria.

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