Takeji Furukawa (1927), 血液型と気質 Blood Type and Temperament – in Europe, type A was more common than type B, while in Asia type B was more prevalent. Von Dungern claimed A people are superior to B people. Because Asia had more B people than some parts of Europe, the inference was that Asia was inferior (along with European B’s) A Japanese scholar, Takeji Furukawa opposed that idea and asserted that B persons were active while A persons were passive. Baron Emil von Dungern (26 November 1867 – 4 September 1961) was a German internist. Von Dungern was born in Würzburg and died in Ludwigshafen am Bodensee. In 1910–11, E. von Dungern and Ludwik Hirszfeld discovered the heritability of ABO blood groups. Interest in the theory faded in the 1930s. It … Continue reading The History of Blood Type Personalities