Ehrlich and magic bullets (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards

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Ehrlich and magic bullets
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Term for Ehrlich's targeted chemical treatments

Magic bullets

Developer of magic bullets

Paul Ehrlich

Ehrlich's profession

German chemist

Research leader Ehrlich worked with

Robert Koch

Technique Ehrlich used to study microorganisms

Dyeing microorganisms

Year Ehrlich won Nobel Prize in Medicine

1908

Name of first magic bullet drug

Salvarsan

Year Salvarsan discovered

1909

Disease Salvarsan treated

Syphilis

Salvarsan's compound number

606

Japanese scientist who collaborated with Ehrlich

Sahachiro Hata

3 diseases with magic bullet treatments by 1914

Syphilis, malaria, sleeping sickness

Industry founded by Ehrlich's work

Modern pharmaceutical industry

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