Karl Landsteiner

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1930

Physician - Anatomic Pathologist, Father of Immunology. ABO Blood Groups, Rh Typing. Paroxysmal Haemoglobinuria. Polio. Spirochaetes. Chemistry into service of serology. Meticulous observation, description, understanding in many fields.

Rigorously demanding of himself. Energetic. By nature somewhat pessimistic, preferred to live away from people.
Characteristic of him - died pipette in hand.

History of Discovery

Early blood transfusions: from concept to practice. It took several hundred years for successful blood transfusions to come to fruition. HemOnc Today, January 10, 2009

Karl Landsteiner and his major contributions to haematology by Hans Peter Schwarz and Friedrich Dorner. British Journal of Haematology, Volume 121, Issue 4, pages 556-565, May 2003. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04295.x

Karl Landsteiner ~ A, B, O Blood Group System, Dap Dapple, 14:45 ENGLISH

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