Jozef Israels

Jozef Israëls (January 27, 1824 – August 12, 1911), Dutch painter, vintage silver print 'real photo' postcard.

Israëls is considered the most respected Dutch artist of the second half of the nineteenth century.

His laboratory discovered arsphenamine (Salvarsan), the first effective medicinal treatment for syphilis, thereby initiating and also naming the concept of chemotherapy. Ehrlich popularized the concept of a "magic bullet." He also made a decisive contribution to the development of an antiserum to combat diphtheria and conceived a method for standardizing therapeutic serums.

In 1908, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contributions to immunology. He was the founder and first director of what is now known as the Paul Ehrlich Institute.

Verso bears original printed postcard graphics, else blank and clean. In fine condition.