title: Paul Ehrlich: the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 1908.
abstract: We wish to commemorate Paul Ehrlich on the centennial of his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908. His studies are now considered as milestones in immunology: the morphology of leukocytes; his side-chain theory where he defined the cellular receptor for first time; and his clarification of the difference between serum therapy and chemotherapy. Ehrlich also invented the first chemotherapeutic drug: compound 606, or Salvarsan. We have used some original documents from the Royal Society of London, where Ehrlich was a fellow, and from Leipzig University, where he took a degree in medicine.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche-CNR, Mangone, Cosenza, Italy. a.piro@isn.cnr.it
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piro
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tagarelli
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tagarelli
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lagonia
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quattrone
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000266:history*; D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009613:Nobel Prize