Erik Adolf von Willebrand

Erik Adolf von Willebrand was a Finnish physician who made major contributions to hematology. Von Willebrand disease and von Willebrand factor are named after him. He also researched metabolism, obesity and gout, and was one of the first Finnish physicians to use insulin to treat a diabetic coma.

1 February 1870

Born on the same birth day (1 February): Big Boi • Emmanuel Scheffer • Fritjof Capra • G. Stanley Hall • George Pal • Hugo von Hofmannsthal • Jason Isbell • Karen Krantzcke • Louis St. Laurent • Patricia Robins • Sean Manaea • Sherman Hemsley • Takashi Murakami • Terry Jones • Vladimir Dimitrov

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