THE DISCOVERY OF STREPTOMYCIN AND A LIFE SAVED….VERY INTERESTING

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http://www.ingeauerbacher.com/books.htm#Finding%20Dr.%20Schatz   Finding Dr. Schatz” – The Discovery of Streptomycin and A Life It Saved

As part of his doctoral research, Albert Schatz, a twenty-three year-old graduate student at Rutgers  University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, diligently worked alone in  a basement laboratory to find an antibiotic against tuberculosis. In October of 1943, Schatz discovered streptomycin. But his professor, Selman Waksman, took the credit, relegating  Schatz to the footnotes of history .Over fifty years later, German– born  Inge Auerbacher read an article that named Schatz as co-discoverer of this drug. As a young  Jewish girl during World War II, Auerbacher was a prisoner at the Terezin  concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis during her imprisonment and was able to receive the life-saving streptomycin after her immigration to  America.  Auerbacher contacted Schatz in 1997, compelled to offer him gratitude for the scientific research that saved her life. She learned of the controversy surrounding the discovery of streptomycin and Schatz’s ultimate recognition for his work . As a result of their  friendship, they decided to co-author this book. “Finding Dr. Schatz” is their powerful true story –told in their own words – of a scientist who changed the world and a woman who lived  because of it. 

Review:
I stayed up last night and read your book cover to cover and was delighted with what you have done with the Albert Schatz story. I also enjoyed learning more about his personal life during the time of his great discovery. You are to be congratulated on a fine contribution to the cause.

I was also pleased to read the abstract from the paper that I sent to you. I feel honored to be included in your work.
Ross Tucker, MD, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

To Order the Book:
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Publisher
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2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100
Lincoln, NE, 68512
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0-595-37997-4 Paperback
Tel:1-800-288-4677

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