from La Salle, MI
15 January 1898
Died:26 December 1989
Known for:PAS tuberculosis therapy
University of Gothenburg
University of Gothenburg
Academic degree:Professor
Jörgen Lehmann " Jörgen Erik Lehmann " ( 15 January 1898 ndash 26 December 1989 ) was a Denmark-born Sweden physician and chemist best known for his discovery in the 1940s that para-amino salicylic acid ( PAS ) would make an excellent orally-available tuberculosis therapy.