March 15, 1854: Diphtheria’s Foe

1854: Emil von Behring, who will develop a vaccination to eradicate diphtheria, is born in Hansdorf, East Prussia. Von Behring was on his way to the priesthood when a friend of the family, an army doctor, convinced the elder von Behring to send his son to the Army Medical Academy in Berlin. Already hard-working and [...]