Finding Dr. Schatz

The Discovery of Streptomycin and a Life It Saved

Nonfiction, History, Jewish, Holocaust, Biography & Memoir, Reference
Cover of the book Finding Dr. Schatz by Inge Auerbacher, iUniverse
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Inge Auerbacher ISBN: 9780595823680
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: March 9, 2006
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Inge Auerbacher
ISBN: 9780595823680
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: March 9, 2006
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

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 to treat 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 the drug. As a young Jewish girl during World War II, Auerbacher was a prisoner at 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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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 to treat 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 the drug. As a young Jewish girl during World War II, Auerbacher was a prisoner at 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.

More books from iUniverse

Cover of the book 50 Ways to Lick Your Lover by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book The Marriage Proposal by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book The Countess and the Mob by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book Sis by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book Spiritual Development Through Astrology by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book How to Lay on the Altar Without Wiggling by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book The Man That Turned by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book The Misled Athlete by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book Hoo by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book For Those in Dry Places by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book Wind in My Head by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book Discovering the Us on a Bicycle by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book Son "I" Got Your Back by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book In Hyval's Wake by Inge Auerbacher
Cover of the book The Mogul by Inge Auerbacher
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy