1854–1915 German medical scientist who developed the side-chain or receptor theory and discovered the drug Salvarsan for the treatment of syphilis.
Keywords: chemotherapy; immunology; receptor; syphilis; Salvarsan
Ehrlich, Paul
John Parascandola, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002501
| Further Reading | |
| book Ehrlich P (1956–1960) The Collected Papers of Paul Ehrlich, Himmelweit F (ed.). London: Pergamon Press. | |
| book Bäumler E (1984) Paul Ehrlich: Scientist for Life, Edwards G (trs.). New York: Holmes and Meier. | |
| book Fox DM, Meldrum M and Rezak I (eds) (1990) Noble Laureates in Medicine or Physiology. New York: Garland. | |
| book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1970–1980) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Marquardt M (1951) Paul Ehrlich. New York: Henry Schuman. | |
| Mazumdar P (1974) The antigen–antibody reaction and the physics and chemistry of life. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 48: 1–21. | |
| Parascandola J (1981) The theoretical basis of Paul Ehrlich's chemotherapy. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 36: 19–43. | |
