Paul Ehrlich

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908
Nobel co-recipient Ilya Mechnikov

Physician, Scientist. Immunologist, Hematology pioneer. Founded Chemotherapy. Classified stains. Stained tissues, blood cell granules, tubercle bacillus. Standardized sera. Idea: Drugs’ chemical constitution related to action, affinity for cells against which directed.

"Schwann established cell as biological unit. Concept of cell is axis around which whole modern science of life revolves"

Death

Paul Ehrlich smoked a lot of cigars. He was always healthy except for tuberculosis for some time. He died of 2nd stroke.

Paul Ehrlich, Tombstone, (Old) Jewish cemetery at Rat-Beil-Strasse in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Source: Wikimedia Commons