1901
Award ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor the Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the , on December 10, 1901 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The interest in medical science which was expressed in Alfred Nobel’s will must have sprung from two roots. His heart was warmly inclined towards everything which could be of use and benefit to…
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Banquet speech
Emil von Behring’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1901 (in German) Trotz seiner verhältnismässig geringen Einwohneranzahl hat Schweden auffallend wirksam in den Gang der Menschengeschichte und immer in solcher Weise eingegriffen, dass man den Eindruck des Gewaltigen davon tragen muss. Ich erinnere hier an die vorgeschichtlichen mythischen Gestalten, die in unseren…
moreEmil von Behring: The founder of serum therapy
Article
Emil von Behring: The founder of serum therapy Based on an exhibition at Marburg Castlearranged and documented by Kornelia Grundmann This article was published on 3 December 2001. Upbringing and education (1854-1917) was born on March 15, 1854 in Hansdorf, West Prussia, as the first child of the couple August and Auguste Behring. His father…
moreEmil von Behring – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1901 Serum Therapy in Therapeutics and Medical Science Serum therapy in the form in which it finds application in the treatment of diphtheria patients is an antitoxic or detoxicating curative method. It is based on the view, held by Löffler in Germany and by Roux in France, that the parasites causing…
moreJacobus H. van ‘t Hoff – Nobel diploma
Nobel diploma
Artist: Sofia Gisberg Courtesy: Jacob van ‘t Hoff Collection, Ms. 74, Special Collections, The Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University
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