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Julius Morgenroth

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Julius Morgenroth · Science & Medicine

What

Immunologist and pioneer of chemotherapy for infectious diseases

When

1871, Bamberg, Germany — 1924, Berlin, Germany

Where

Germany

Biography

Julius Morgenroth is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Immunologist and pioneer of chemotherapy for infectious diseases

How & why

Julius Morgenroth was a German Jewish immunologist and a close collaborator of Paul Ehrlich, with whom he developed the side-chain theory of immunity. He was a pioneer of chemotherapy for bacterial infections, notably work on pneumococcal and streptococcal disease.

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Immunologist and pioneer of chemotherapy for infectious diseases

1871

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science