Physiology or Medicine
Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor A. Petterson, member of the Staff of Professors of the , on December 10, 1920 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Staff of Professors of the Caroline Institute has decided to award the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine of 1919 to the Director of the Pasteur Institute,…
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Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor G. Liljestrand, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine of the Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The heart is the sun of the microcosm formed by the human body, as stated already by William Harvey in his monumental treatise on the circulation of the blood. Its…
moreThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003 The Uses of MRI MRI of the neck. The red arrow indicates a disk herniation bulging into the spinal canal. Today, MRI is used to examine all organs of the body. This modality is especially valuable for detailed…
moreRita Levi-Montalcini – Biographical
Biographical
My twin sister Paola and I were born in Turin on April 22, 1909, the youngest of four children. Our parents were Adamo Levi, an electrical engineer and gifted mathematician, and Adele Montalcini, a talented painter and an exquisite human being. Our older brother Gino, who died twelve years ago of a heart attack, was…
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