Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Emil A. von Behring

  • The early days of the Nobel Prize and Golden Age of Microbiology

    Juan–Carlos ArgüellesMurcia, Spain Introduction According to Alfred Nobel’s (1833–1896) last will and testament, signed on November 27, 1895, the largest share of his fortune would be dedicated to a series of awards bestowed on those people who deserved great merit for their intensive work in favor of mankind. That year the Nobel Prize was born,…