Su-amuel Lee Kountz wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 20, 1930 eLexa, e-Arkansas. Ngo-1952 waphothula eSikoleni Sezolimo Nezobuchwepheshe e-University of Arkansas. Isicelo sakhe sokwamukelwa e-University of Arkansas School of Medicine eLittle Rock senqatshwa futhi waphothula iziqu ze- I-Chemistry eFayetteville University, eNorth Carolina. Ngomsebenzi wakhe, unikezwa isifundo eYunivesithi yase-Arkansas ngezokwelapha lapho eqala khona ukuba abe noNobhala wokuqala ukuba angeniswe kule sikhungo.
Ngemuva kobudokotela bakhe, wathuthela eSan Francisco ukuyofundela ukuhlinza, lapho ahlangana khona noDkt Cohn, iphayona ekufakweni komzimba. Ngokubambisana, benza ukufakelwa kwezinso kokuqala okungafaki amawele ngo-1, ngemuva kwalapho kwesibhedlela iNecker eParis, okwakuthinta amawele afanayo. UDkt. Kountz futhi uthola ukuthi i-methylprednisolone, i-steroid, inciphisa kakhulu ingozi yokwenqatshwa kwesitho esitshaliwe, nokuthi ukufakwa kabusha kwenso kumnikeli wesibili ngokushesha nje lapho kunenkomba yezimpawu zokwenqatshwa esigulini esitshaliwe kuthuthukisa Isibikezelo esibalulekile. Uphinde wasungula inqubo yokulondoloza izinso amahora angaphezu kwama-1961. Ucwaningo lwakhe luzoze lufike ekutheni enze kube lula ukufakela izinso kumuntu ongelona ilungu lomndeni otshaliwe.