History Flashcards
worked on serum therapy
Emil Adolf von Behring
known for his work on malaria, where he discovered the life cycle of Plasmodium in mosquito.
Ronald Ross
founder of modern bacteriology
known for his role in identifying the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax
Robert Koch
discovered pathogenic agent for malaria
- Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
Received the Nobel prize in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs
- Alexis Carrel
Studied, coined and treated “anaphylaxis”
- Charles Robert Richet
led to an increased understanding of how the immune system affects the chances of getting cancer
- Leonell Strong & Clarence Little
Discovery of Hapten (smallest antigen)
- Karl Landsteiner
for his discoveries relating to immunity (Complement)
- JULES BORDET
with Octave Gengou, he isolated Bordetella pertussis in pure culture in 1906 and posited it as the cause of whooping cough.
- JULES BORDET
For work on cutaneous allergic reactions
- CARL PRAUSNITZ (AND HEINZ KÜSTNER
Found lysosome
- ALEXANDER FLEMING
He cured syphilis with malaria therapy.
- Julius Wagner-Jauregg
the first to test the efficacy of transfusing humans with cadaver blood.
- Dr. Serge Yudin
He demonstrated that the specific arrangement between antigen, antibody, and complement is accompanied by the manufacture of anaphylatoxin
- Ernst Friedberger
Production of the anti-diphtheria serum
Pierre Paul Emile Roux
Discovered the antigen-antibody hypothesis
John MArrack
Quantitative precipitin reaction
Michael Heidelberger
the first major histocompatibility complex discovered.
histocompatibility-2 (H-2)
Identification of the H-2 antigen in mice
Peter Gorer
the world’s foremost authority on the serology and serological genetics of tissue transplantation.
Peter Gorer
Identification of Rh antigens
Karl Landsteiner / Alexander Weiner
Developed the immunofluorescent technique
- Albert Coons