Selman A. Waksman

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952

Ukrainian-born American Microbiologist, Biochemist. Isolated several antibiotics including Streptomycin for Tuberculosis and Neomycin. Proceeds earned from patents funded Waksman Institute of Microbiology and Waksman Foundation for Microbiology.

"The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them. Ecclesiasticus, XXXVIII , 4"

Biography

Biographical memoir of Selman Abraham Waksman by Rollin D. Hotchkiss, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C. 2003. 25 pages.

Selman Waksman and Antibiotics, American Chemical Society, May 24, 2005, 4 pages

On Selman Waksman from Chemical Heritage Foundation. 3 pages.

Title:

Life with Microbes

Author:

Selman Abraham Waksman

Publisher:

Hale, 1958

Original from:

Northwestern University

Digitized:

Dec. 23, 2010

Length:

320 pages

Subjects:

Bacteriology, Microbiologists, Microorgisms

Life with Microbes
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