The first vaccine that was successful against the epidemic typhus was created by a renowned Polish biologist doctor, physician, as well as creator Rudolf Weigl (1883-1957). In the years 1930-34 and also between 1936 and 1939, Weigl was nominated for Nobel Prize in Medicine. Nobel Prize in Medicine.
He received his diploma with a degree in the sciences of natural science at the age of 1907 at the University of Lviv, where He also served as an assistant to the renowned scientist and professor Prof. Nasbaum-Hilarowicz.
After graduation, Weigl continued to work as an assistant for Nusbaum until 1913, when he received his habilitation in Zoology along with comparative anatomy as well as histology.
About Family
His father is Fryderyk Weigl The mother of his father was Elbieta Krosel. Weigl has a feeling that he has Polish nationality to specific situations in his life.
His father was killed in a crash at the age of 5 years old. Her mother relocated from Vienna with her two preschool-aged children, Fryderyk and Rudolf, and her daughter Lilly. Later, she was married an Polish educator, Jozef Trojnar.
His Career
After joining the medical services of the Austro-Hungarian army during 1914 Weigl did research on typhus as well as its cause. He was part of a military sanitation council in the Polish army in 1919. He developed a vaccine as the beginning of his studies and conducting tests.
Weigl returned to his studies following Germany entered Poland at the end of 1939. He centered his research on developing a spotted fever vaccine to be used for the next three years at Lwow. Weigl created a vaccine for spotted fever. While it didn’t entirely protect against the illness but it greatly reduced symptoms.
What did Rudolf Weigl Invent?
He conducted studies on spotted typhus within Bohemia as well as Moravia POW camps with Austrian government’s permission in the First World War. It was an innovative and enticing idea to use clothes lice as lab animals in these huge research labs.
Weigl risked his life in danger in order to carry out his research. In the course of lice vaccination, Weigl pricked his finger by a capillary resulting in the typhoid virus.
His Honors & Awards
Rudolf Weigl got awards for his innovative work. 1930-1934, and 1936-1939. Weigl was regularly nominated in the race for Nobel Prize. He has not won the Nobel Prize. He was awarded his Righteous Among the Nations award in 2003. The award was given his way by Israel to honor his efforts in saving a lot of Jewish people’s lives in World War II.
Rudolf Weigl’s Death Reason?
Rudolf Weigl died on 11 August 1957 in the Polish holiday resort Zakopane. The date of his death was the age of 73. It isn’t known when Rudolf Weigl died. He was laid to rest at the historical Rakowicki Cemetery in Krakow.
Weigl was a brilliant scientist, a brilliant Pole and a remarkable human being. He gave glory to Poland as well as the entire world through his research (1883-1957).
