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Paul Ehrlich, an Uncommon card
Paul Ehrlich was a German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and antimicrobial chemotherapy.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 92,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Paul Ehrlich quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Paul Ehrlich card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He shared the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Élie Metchnikoff "in ______ of their work on immunity".
Answer
recognition. He shared the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Élie Metchnikoff "in recognition of their work on immunity". From the Paul Ehrlich article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure for syphilis in ____ and inventing an important modification of the technique for Gram staining bacteria.
Answer
1900s. Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure for syphilis in 1909 and inventing an important modification of the technique for Gram staining bacteria. From the Paul Ehrlich article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He shared the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Élie Metchnikoff "in recognition of their work on immunity".
- Among his foremost achievements were finding a cure for syphilis in 1909 and inventing an important modification of the technique for Gram staining bacteria.
- The methods he developed for staining tissue made it possible to distinguish between different types of blood cells, which led to the ability to diagnose numerous blood diseases.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Paul Ehrlich article was read about 92,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Paul Ehrlich (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
